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Chang Hsing-hsien

Chang Hsing-hsien

Taiwanese athlete


Chang Hsing-hsien (Chinese: 張星賢; pinyin: Zhāng Xīngxián; 2 October 1909 – 14 March 1989) was the first Taiwanese athlete to participate in the Olympic Games.[1]

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Early life and Olympics

He was born in Taichū Prefecture (now Taichung City), Taiwan. He competed under the Japanese name Seiken Cho, as Taiwan was part of the Japanese Empire at the time. In 1925, Chang was admitted into Taichu Commercial School. In 1929, he broke the Japanese national middle school record (including colonies) in triple jump, qualifying for the Meiji Shrine Games.[2]

He represented Japan at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.[3]

Later career

In 1948, Chang became one of the founding players of the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team.[4]


References

  1. "'My Life As An Athlete'". National Museum of Taiwan History. 2 March 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. Hsieh, Shih-yuan (2017). One Hundred Years of Taiwanese Baseball (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Yu Shan She. ISBN 9789862941744.
  3. "「我的體育生活:第一個參加奧運的臺灣人─張星賢」特展". 國立臺灣歷史博物館. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. Morris, Andrew (2015). Colonial Project, National Game: A History of Baseball in Taiwan. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-520-26279-9.

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