Lai Chu-en explained

Lai Chu-en
Birth Date:	23 July 1996
Birth Place:	Pingtung County, Taiwan
Sport:	Boxing

Lai Chu-en (; born 23 July 1996) is a Taiwanese boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^{[1] [2]}

Lai was born in Pingtung County, and is of Paiwan ethnicity.^{[3] [4]} His parents separated before he was born, leaving his mother to support him and his elder brother alone through her job as a nurse. He did not do well at school, and describes himself as having no direction in life until he decided to join the track team in middle school. He later took up boxing, and was admitted to the National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lai Chu-en . 17 September 2016 . Rio 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806050429/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/chu-en-lai. 6 August 2016.
2. News: Taiwanese boxers win 5 medals, including 1 gold, at WUC tournament. Focus Taiwan. 9 October 2016. 17 August 2017. Chen's teammate at the Rio Olympics, Lai Chu-en (賴主恩), lost his semifinal bout against Didar Utelbayev of Kazakhstan in the men's lightweight division (56-60 kg) on Friday and shared the bronze medal with Temirlan Osmonov of Kyrgyzstan..
3. News: 【今周刊】男子拳擊賴主恩 不被看好也要打出成績. Apple Daily. 4 August 2016. 17 August 2017.
4. News: Taiwan boxers to compete in Olympics for first time in 20 years. Focus Taiwan. 1 August 2016. 17 August 2017.