Tien Shiau-wen explained

Tien Shiau-wen (; born 14 December 1999) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.

Personal life

Tien was born in Kaohsiung on 14 December 1999,^[1] and was raised on Liuqiu Island.^[2] The nerves in her right hand were damaged at birth, and she was bullied by classmates who noticed that she had limited use of that hand.^[3] Tien began playing table tennis at the age of nine.^[4]

Career

She won two silver medals at the 2018 Asian Para Games, in the individual table tennis competition for class 10, and the women's class 8–10 team event alongside Lin Tzu-yu.^[5] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Tien medaled in the Class 10 individual women's table tennis, winning bronze.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. News: TIEN Shiau Wen . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 31 August 2021 . 29 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210829223319/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1559048-tien-shiau-wen.htm . dead.
2. News: 林 . 和生 . 帕運桌球田曉雯奪銅 屏東縣長第一時間祝福 . zh . 31 August 2021 . China Times . 28 August 2021.
3. News: 路 . 皓惟 . 田曉雯出生右手萎縮曾遭霸凌　「克服心魔」首次帕運就摘銅 . 31 August 2021 . ETToday . 28 August 2021 . zh.
4. News: 帕運／右手萎縮！田曉雯「差點摔斷牙」 苦練13年拚出黃金左手 . 31 August 2021 . EBC News . 18 August 2021.
5. News: 劉 . 肇育 . 帕運／田曉雯四強賽敗北 仍為我國進帳首面獎牌 . 31 August 2021 . United Daily News . 28 August 2021.
6. News: Liu . Kay . Lung . Po-an . Taiwan bags first medal at Tokyo Paralympics . 31 August 2021 . Central News Agency . 28 August 2021. Republished as: News: Tokyo Paralympics: Taiwan earn first medal at Tokyo Games . 31 August 2021 . Taipei Times . 29 August 2021.
7. Web site: Table Tennis Results Book . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210903143038/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/TTE/PG2020-_TTE_B99_TTE-------------------------------.pdf . 3 September 2021 . 9 September 2021.