Hsu Shu-ching explained

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Birth Date:9 May 1991
Birth Place:Lunbei, Yunlin, Taiwan
Country:Republic of China (Taiwan)
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:53 kg
Height:159 cm
Weight:52.5 kg

Hsu Shu-ching (; born 9 May 1991) is a Taiwanese weightlifter.

Early life

Hsu, of Hakka descent, was born in Lunbei, Yunlin, Taiwan.[1] [2] She played basketball in high school, switching to weightlifting at the age of 13, after the school disbanded its basketball team.[3] Hsu later attended Kaohsiung Medical University.[4]

Weightlifting career

Hsu was coached by Tsai Wen-yee.[5] She won a gold medal in the women's 53 kg at the 2012 London Olympics, after the original gold medalist, Zulfiya Chinshanlo failed a doping retest.[6] At the 2014 Asian Games, she set a world record in the same event, with a lift of 233 kg.[7] Hsu won another gold medal in the women's 53 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8] Hsu announced her decision to retire from competition in June 2018, citing injuries sustained in the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.[9] [10]

In March 2019, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee disclosed that Hsu underwent a drug test prior to the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.[11] Her sample tested positive for a banned substance in January 2018, and the CTOC subsequently placed Hsu under a three-year ban from competition.[12] Hsu's test result was not publicized until March 2019, after the World Anti-Doping Agency issued a deadline for the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee to release the information.[13] Hsu's 2012 Olympic gold medal is scheduled to be formally conferred in 2021, and she will become the first Taiwanese competitor to have received two Olympic gold medals.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 每天舉15噸 考試也第一 . 10 December 2012 .
  2. News: Hsu lifts Taiwan's first Rio gold medal . 9 August 2016 . Taipei Times . 9 August 2016.
  3. News: Leung . Christy . Olympics: Taiwan's Hsu Shu-ching delivers golden Father's Day gift . 28 March 2019 . CNN . 9 August 2016.
  4. News: Huang . Sunrise . Chen . Chao-fu . Wu . Lilian . Lin Tzu-chi comes a long way to taste gold . 23 September 2014 . Central News Agency . 23 September 2014.
  5. News: Liu . Yingfeng . Williams . Scott . Top Taiwan Athletes Prepare for the Games . 28 March 2019 . Taiwan Panorama . August 2017.
  6. News: Lin . Hung-han . Hou . Elaine . Taiwanese weightlifter promoted to 1st place in London Olympics . 28 March 2019 . Taiwan News . Central News Agency . 19 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161120152233/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aspt/201611190018.aspx . 20 November 2016. Alt URL
  7. News: Taiwan's Hsu Shu-ching claims gold . 22 September 2014 . Taipei Times . 22 September 2014.
  8. News: Taiwan's Shu-Ching Hsu wins her first Olympic gold in weightlifting . Associated Press . Los Angeles Times . 27 August 2016.
  9. News: Shan . Shelley . Weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching retiring from competition . 4 June 2018 . Taipei Times . 4 June 2018.
  10. News: Salmonsen . Renée . Taiwanese gold medal weightlifter announces retirement on Facebook . 28 March 2019 . Taiwan News . 3 June 2018.
  11. News: Everington . Keoni . Taiwan weightlifter Hsu put on list of athletes banned for doping . 27 March 2019 . Taiwan News . 27 March 2019.
  12. News: Lung . Po-an . Kao . Evelyn . Taiwanese Olympic medalist Hsu Shu-ching on 3-year ban: CTOC . 27 March 2019 . Central News Agency . 27 March 2019.
  13. News: Shan . Shelley . Weightlifter apologizes, willing to take penalties . 28 March 2019 . Taipei Times . 28 March 2019.
  14. News: Huang . Chiao-wen . Kao . Evelyn . Taiwanese weightlifter to finally get 2012 Olympics gold medal . 15 December 2020 . Central News Agency . 15 December 2020.

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