Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Chinese Taipei at the Paralympic Games
Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag IPC code  TPE NPC Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing
Competitors	17 in 6 sports
Medals Rank: 50	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 2
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Chinese Taipei competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The delegation consisted of seventeen competitors in six sports: archery, track and field athletics, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, and table tennis. The athletes were ten men and seven women ranging in age from 27 to 53 years old.^[1]

"Chinese Taipei" is the delegation name used since 1979 by athletes from Taiwan and the Taiwan Area at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.^[2] Thus, Chinese Taipei's participation in the Beijing Paralympics did not contradict the One China policy and was not objected to by the People's Republic of China.

As in previous editions of the Summer Paralympics, the flag of the Republic of China was not displayed. Instead, the Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag was used when Taiwanese athletes won medals. When Lin Tzu-hui of Chinese Taipei won a gold medal, the National Banner Song, not the National Anthem of the Republic of China, was played at the medal ceremony.^[3]

Three days before the beginning of the Games, the Taipei Times reported that two of Chinese Taipei's star athletes, double Paralympic champion Chiang Chih-chung and world athletics champion Chen Ming-tsai, had been barred from attending by the International Paralympic Committee. The Times added that no reason had been given for the ban, even after the Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee had requested an explanation from the IPC. A representative of the CTPC stated that the People's Republic of China may have "interfered for political reasons" to prevent Chiang and Chen from participating in the Games.^[4] The Taipei Times article was subsequently reproduced on the Taiwanese government's website.^[5]

Medallists

Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Paralympics medal winners

Chinese Taipei won two medals, a gold and a bronze.^[6]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Lin Tzu-hui	Powerlifting	Women's -75 kg
3 Bronze	Tzeng Lung-hui	Archery	Men's Individual Recurve - W1/W2

Archery

Athletics

Powerlifting

The Chinese Taipei powerlifting team includes Lin Tzu-hui, a gold medalist at the 2004 Paralympics. Also on the team is Lin Ya-Hsuan, who took eighth place and seventh place at the 2000 and 2004 games, respectively.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3	Rank
Lin Tzu-hui	Women's −75 kg
Lin Ya-Hsuan	Women's −56 kg

Shooting

The Chinese Taipei shooting team includes Lin Chin-mei, a silver medalist in the women's 10 meter air pistol at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Lin Chin-mei

Swimming

The Chinese Taipei team includes a single swimmer, Luo Hsiao-hong. The 41-year-old former water polo player will be making her Paralympic debut in Beijing.^[1]

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luo Hsiao-hong

Table tennis

The table tennis team includes two returning medalists from the 2004 Athens Paralympics. Wei Mei-hui won a silver in the women's team class 5 and a bronze in the singles class 5, while Hu Ming-fu took bronze in the men's team class 9.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hu Ming-fu
Wei Mei-hui

See also

• Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Chinese Taipei athletes ready for Paralympics". China Daily. 2008-09-02. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/paralympics/2008-09/02/content_6989778.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
2. ^ "Reinstatement in the Olympic Movement", Chinese Olympic Committee, March 27, 2004
3. ^ "Taiwan shut out of Olympic warm-up", Taipei Times, February 22, 2008
4. ^ "Local javelin ace banned from Beijing Paralympics", Taipei Times, September 3, 2008
5. ^ taiwanheadlines.gov.tw
6. ^ "Overall Medal Standings", official website of the Beijing Paralympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee