Hsiao Mei-yu explained

Hsiao Mei-yu
Fullname:	Hsiao Mei-yu
Birth Date:	7 January 1985
Birth Place:	Fengyuan, Taichung, Taiwan
Height:	5feet
Weight:	53kg (117lb)
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	2010–2011
Proteam1:	Action Cycling Team
Proyears2:	2012
Proteam2:	Axman Team Taiwan
Proyears3:	2016–2017
Proteam3:	Taichung Cycling Team

Hsiao Mei-yu (; born 7 January 1985 in Taichung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese road and track bicycle racer.^[1] She participated in the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games. In 2010, she won a gold medal at the women's road race event.^[2] In the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race,^[3] she finished over the time limit,^[4] and competed in the women's omnium, placing 17th.^[5] Hsiao next participated in the 2014 Asian Games and won four medals,^[6] including a gold in the women's omnium.^[7]

In 2016 Hsiao returned to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to compete in the Cycling Track Women's Omnium event, where she received 64 points to place 17th, the same placement as at the London Olympics four years earlier. Her best omnium event was the time trial where she ranked seventh. She was the only competitor from Taiwan.

Major results

Track

2006

3rd Keirin, Asian Track Championships

2009

3rd Omnium, Asian Track Championships

2010

Asian Track Championships

3rd Omnium

3rd Team pursuit

2014

Asian Games

1st Omnium

3rd Team pursuit (with Huang Ting-ying, Tseng Hsiao-chia & Ju I Fang)

3rd Team sprint (with Huang Ting-ying)

2nd Omnium, Asian Track Championships

2nd Omnium, Hong Kong International Track Cup

2nd Omnium, Taiwan Hsin-Chu Track International Classic

2015

Taiwan Hsin-Chu Track International Classic

1st Omnium

2nd Sprint

3rd Omnium, Asian Track Championships

3rd Omnium, Yangyang International Track Competition

2016

1st Omnium, ITS Melbourne Grand Prix

1st Omnium, ITS Melbourne DISC Grand Prix

2017

Asian Track Championships

2nd Omnium

3rd 500m time trial

2nd Omnium, China Track Cup

Road

2009

2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships

9th Road race, East Asian Games

2010

1st Road race, Asian Games

2011

1st Road race, Asian Road Championships

2012

1st Road race, Asian Road Championships

1st Stage 5 Vuelta a El Salvador

2013

1st Road race, Asian Road Championships

5th Overall Tour of Thailand

1st Points classification

1st Stage 3

2014

1st Road race, Asian Road Championships

3rd Road race, Asian Games

3rd Overall Tour of Thailand

2015

2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships

2019

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Notes and References

News: Hsiao Mei-Yu . 25 September 2014 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150613042635/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hs/hsiao-mei-yu-1.html . 13 June 2015 . dmy-all .
News: Lee. Chin-wei. Chen. Christie. Hsiao wins women's cycling omnium gold in Asian Games (update). 25 September 2014. Central News Agency. 25 September 2014.
Web site: Mei Yu Hsiao. 2012 Summer Olympics. 21 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120730104025/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/hsiao-mei-yu-1116786/. 30 July 2012. dmy-all.
Web site: Women's Road Race. 2012 Summer Olympics. 21 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120501191016/http://www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/women-road-race/index.html. 1 May 2012. dmy-all.
Web site: Women's Omnium. 2012 Summer Olympics. 21 September 2012. 4 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130404182307/http://www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/women-omnium/phase=ctw010100/index.html. dead.
News: Lee. Chin-wei. Chen. Jay. Hsiao Mei-yu grabs fourth medal in four events at Asian Games. 29 September 2014. Central News Agency. 29 September 2014.
News: Carroll. Dave. Hsiao Mei-yu bags gold in track cycling at Asian Games. 26 September 2014. Taipei Times. 26 September 2014.