Chinese Taipei at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Chinese Taipei at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeTPE
NPCChinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors13 in 7 sports
Flag bearers Chen Po-yen
Liu Ya-ting
Medals
Ranked 68th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Chinese Taipei competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September. "Chinese Taipei" is the designated name used by Taiwan to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, including the Paralympic Games. Neither the common name "Taiwan" nor the official name "Republic of China" could be used primarily because of opposition from the People's Republic of China.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Lin Tzu-yu
Tien Shiau-wen
Table Tennis Women's doubles WD20 31 August
 Silver Cheng Ming-chih Table Tennis Men's individual C5 3 September
 Silver Chen Po-yen Table Tennis Men's individual C11 5 September
 Bronze Xiao Xiang-wen Taekwondo Men's 58 kg 29 August
 Bronze Tien Shiau-wen Table Tennis Women's individual C10 3 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics 0 1 1
Badminton 1 3 4
Judo 1 0 1
Powerlifting 0 1 1
Table tennis 2 2 4
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Total 6 7 13

Archery

For the first time since 2016, Chinese Taipei entered one male archers into the games by virtue of his result at the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tseng Lung-hui Men's individual recurve 594 24  Singh (IND)
L 3–7
Did not advance 17

Athletics

One athlete from Chinese Taipei have qualified to compete at the Games.

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Liu Ya-ting Women's javelin throw F13 32.76 6

Badminton

Chinese Taipei has qualified four para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Singles
Player Event Group stage Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / BM Rank
Opponent
score
Opponent
score
Opponent
score
Rank Opponent
score
Opponent
score
Opponent
score
Fang Jen-yu Men's SU5   Anuar  (MAS)
L (14–21, 18–21)
  Imai  (JPN)
L (21–15, 11–21, 19–21)
  Anrimusthi  (INA)
L (14–21, 18–21)
4 Did not advance 7
Hu Guang-chiou Women's WH1   Chokyu (CAN)
W (21–12, 21–12)
  Pookkham  (THA)
L (8-21, 6-21)
  Torres  (BRA)
W (21–17, 21–11)
2 Q   Satomi  (JPN)
L (5-21, 11-21)
Did not advance 5
Yang I-chen Women's WH2   Renggli  (SUI)
L (9-21, 18–21)
  Li  (CHN)
L (4-21, 2–21)
  Jáuregui  (PER)
L (10-21, 7–21)
4 Did not advance 9
Cai Yi-lin Women's SH6   Lin (CHN)
L (7–21, 6–21)
  Sivan (IND)
L (12–21, 19–21)
  Simon  (USA)
L (9–21, 8–21)
4 Did not advance 10
Doubles
Player Event Group stage Semi-finals Final / BM Rank
Opponent
score
Opponent
score
Rank Opponent
score
Opponent
score
Hu Guang-chiou
Yang I-chen
Women's WH1–2   Mathez /
Renggli  (SUI)
L (10–21, 19–21)
  Pookkham /
Wetwithan  (THA)
L (11–21, 8–21)
3 Did not advance 5

Judo

Athlete Event Seed Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chang Shao-hao Men's –73 kg J2 11 Bye  Seto (JPN)
L 000–100
Did not advance Bye  Kim (KOR)
L 000–100
Did not advance 7

Powerlifting

Lin Tzu Hui in Rio for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Six-time Paralympian and four-time Paralympic medalist, Lin Tzu-hui was entered into the competition by virtue of her world ranking.The best outcome out of three attempts counted as the final results. The athlete who placed first in each event was allowed a fourth attempt to break the Paralympic or world record.

Athlete Event Attempts (kg) Result
(kg)
Place
010 020 030 040
Lin Tzu-hui Women's –86 kg 95 105 113 105 7

Table tennis

Taiwan secure four single spot for the Paralympic games. Chen Po-yen take his spot after winning the 2023 Virtus Global Games held in Vichy, France. Meanwhile, Lin Tzu-yu, qualified for the games following the triumph of her gold medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.[1] Later on, the other two athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.

Athlete Event Seed Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cheng Ming-chih Men's individual C5 2 Bye  Cao (CHN)
W 3–1
 Palikuća (SRB)
W 3–0
 Urhaug (NOR)
L 2–3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Chen Po-yen Men's individual C11 5 Bye  van Acker (BEL)
W 3–1
 Pálos (HUN)
W 3–0
 Kim (KOR)
L 1–3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tien Shiau-wen Women's individual C10 6  Obazuaye (NGR)
W 3–0
 Tapper (AUS)
W 3–2
 Partyka (POL)
L 2–3
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lin Tzu-yu 7 Bye  Yang (AUS)
L 0–3
Did not advance 5
Lin Tzu-Yu
Tien Shiau-Wen
Women's doubles WD20 1 Bye  Demir /
Kavas (TUR)
W 3–0
 Partyka /
Pęk (POL)
W 3–0
 Lei /
Yang (AUS)
L 1–3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Taekwondo

Chinese Taipei entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Xiao Xiang-wen qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in class 58 kg, marking the nations debut in the para sport.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Xiao Xiang-wen Men's –58 kg  Danishi (AFG)
W 37–7
 Kong (FRA)
W 22–1
 Yasur (ISR)
L 6–16
 Villalobos (ESP)
W 16–8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mixed Fortunes for Asian stars as Paralympic Games Gold Medallists Set Sights on Paris". International Table Tennis Federation. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.