Chinese Taipei at the 2012 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	TPE
Npcname:	Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2012
Flagcaption:	Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag
Location:	London
Competitors:	18
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Lin Wen-Hsin
Rank:	63
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1992

Chinese Taipei sent a delegation to compete at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. The team was composed of 18 competitors.^[1]

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

• Records tumbled as Tseng Lung Hui got 650 points in the ranking round of Ind. recurve W1/W2, renewing the Paralympic record held by Korea's LEE Myeong-Gu, who ended up 6th place this year.^[2]   Later on, Tseng claimed his second bronze medal at the end of the knockout stage. He attained his first Paralympic bronze medal at the Beijing Paralympics.

Men|-|align=left|Hua Chen Chung|align=left rowspan="2"|Ind. recurve W1/W2|537|23|align=center| (10)
L 2-6|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Tseng Lung Hui|650 |1|| (17)
W 6-2| (9)
W 6-4| (4)
L 3-7|Bronze Medal Match
(2)
W 7-3||-|align=left|Ching Jen Yang|align=left|Ind. recurve standing|581|20|align=center| (13)
L 5-6|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Hua Chen Chung
Lung Hui Tseng
Ching Jen Yang|align=left|Team recurve|1768|8||align=center| (9)
W 194-183|align=center| (1)
L 179-195|colspan=3|did not advance|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men’s Field Events

Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Chiang Chih-chung	Javelin Throw F12-13	56.51	5
Liang Keng-chin	Triple Jump F12	13.60	8

Women’s Track and Road Events

Women’s Field Events

• The 2012 Summer Paralympics is the first ever Paralympic Games to include javelin throw competition for visually-impaired women. In this event, even though Chinese Taipei's Liu Ya-Ting finishes 5th, she still holds the Paralympic record of F13, given that the top four players are all F12 athletes.

Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Liu Ya-ting	align=left rowspan="2"	Javelin Throw F12-13	33.65	5
Tung Ting-fen	21.12	9

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

• Two-time winner of the women's −75 kg weight class, powerlifter Lin Tzu-Hui aimed to claim her third Paralympic gold, but proved in vain. With potent competitors from China and Nigeria both breaking the records in their additional attempts, Lin failed to overcome the record she set for herself － 137.5 kg. She ended up as the bronze medalist with her first attempt, a lift of 137 kg.

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ya-Hsuan Lin	-60kg
Tzu-Hui Lin	-75kg	137

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Wen-Chang Liu	Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1	1098	24	did not advance
Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1	576	21	did not advance
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1	576	33	did not advance
Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1	599	14	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Alice Hsiao Hung Luo	100m freestyle S6	1:34.31	19	did not advance
100m breaststroke SB4	2:06.80	7	2:06.05	7
200m individual medley SM5	4:32.59	11	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Jo-Lin Tu	200m freestyle S14	2:43.29	20	did not advance
100m breaststroke SB14	1:40.49	17	did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kun-Nan Ko	Individual C4	L 0-3	L 0-3	3		did not advance
Wen-Hsin Lin	Individual C4	L 1-3	W 3-1	2		did not advance
Yen-Hung Lin	Individual C5	L 2-3	W 3-2	2	did not advance
Kun-Nan Ko Wen-Hsin Lin Yen-Hung Lin	Team C4-5		W 3-1	L 0-3	Bronze Medal Match L 0-3	4

Women

• Runners-up at the 2004 Paralympics and bronze medalists at the 2000 Games, Hsiao Shu-Chin and Wei Mei-Hui participated in the Women's Team C4-5 games for the third time. They were seeded number 8 this year and had to start from the first round, where they lost 2-3 to their Italian opponents and came in last in the tournament. Wei was also a bronze medalist in the Women's Individual C5 event at the 2004 Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shu-Chin Hsiao	Individual C5	L 2-3	W 3-2	2	did not advance
Mei-Hui Wei	Individual C5	L 0-3	W 3-0	2	did not advance
Shu-Chin Hsiao Mei-Hui Wei	Team C4-5	L 2-3	did not advance

See also

• Chinese Taipei at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taipei. 2012 Summer Olympics. 28 August 2012. 29 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120829005234/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athletes/country=chinese-taipei/index.htmx. dead.
2. Web site: Individual Recurve - W1/W2 - Summary Individual. 2012 Summer Olympics. 3 September 2012. 10 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120910024247/http://www.london2012.com/externalparamodules/AR/pdf/ARM073000_C74A.pdf. dead.