Chang Ming-huang explained

Birth Date:1982 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Taichung, Taiwan
Weight:1400NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:Shot put
Updated:15 August 2012

Chang Ming-huang (; born 7 August 1982 in Taichung) is a Taiwanese discus thrower and shot putter.

He has been focusing on shot put only since 2006. He trained in National College of Physical Education during his university study in Taiwan. He also has trained in China for a period. He has trained with Werner Goldmann in Berlin from June 2007 until 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

He has been training with Donald Babbitt in Athens, GA, USA, since Feb 2010. His personal best shot-put throw is 20.58 metres, achieved in Aug 2011 in Athens, Georgia, USA. This is the national record in Taiwan. This performance qualified him for the 2012 London Olympic Games (standard A).

On 3 August 2012, Ming-Huang threw 20.25 meters in the qualification round of the Men's Shot-Put at the London Olympic Games and became the 2nd Asian athlete to get into the final in the history of the event. Later in the evening, he threw 19.99 meters and was ranked 12th in the final.

Ming-Huang is sponsored by Chinese Taipei Athletics Association (CTAA) & Taiwan Sport Administration of Ministry of Education and Adidas. CTAA represents Ming-Huang Chang for all foreign affairs.

Ming-Huang is also employed by National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport as a throwing coach.

Achievements

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Representing
1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland1stDiscus (1.5 kg)64.14 m
Asian Junior ChampionshipsSingapore11thShot put13.83 m
5thDiscus49.70 m
2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile23rd (q)Discus48.07 m
2001East Asian GamesOsaka, Japan2ndDiscus55.88 m
Asian Junior ChampionshipsBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei3rdShot put17.20 m
4thDiscus49.46 m
UniversiadeBeijing, ChinaShot putNM
17th (q)Discus51.14 m
2002Asian ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka11thShot put15.70 m
6thDiscus52.94 m
2004Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran6thShot put17.49 m
2005Asian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea10thDiscus52.75 m
2006Asian GamesDoha, Qatar3rdShot put19.45 m
2007Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan2ndShot put19.66 m
UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand3rdShot put19.36 m
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan30th (q)Shot put18.53 m
Asian Indoor GamesMacau4thShot put17.93 m
2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain20th (q)Shot put17.73 m
Olympic GamesBeijing, China40th (q)Shot put17.43 m
2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia8thShot put18.42 m
Asian Indoor GamesHanoi, Vietnambgcolor=silver 2ndShot put19.55 m
Asian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, Chinabgcolor=silver 2ndShot put19.34 m
East Asian GamesHong Kongbgcolor=silver 2ndShot put18.33 m
bgcolor=cc9966 3rdDiscus54.92 m
2010Asian GamesGuangzhou, China3rdShot put19.48 m
2011Asian ChampionshipsKobe, Japanbgcolor=gold 1stShot put20.14 m
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea18th (q)Shot put19.60 m
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey21st (q)Shot put18.75 m
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom12thShot put19.99 m
2013Asian ChampionshipsPune, Indiabgcolor=silver 2ndShot put19.61 m
East Asian GamesTianjin, China3rdShot put19.19 m
2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Koreabgcolor=silver 2ndShot put19.97 m
2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia5thShot put18.98 m