Chinese Taipei at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Chinese Taipei at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg
IPC code TPE
NPC Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors13 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Lin Tzu-hui [1]
Medals
Ranked 68th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Chinese Taipei competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

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Delegation

Chinese Taipei sent a team of 13 athletes, 5 men and 8 women, and 4 officials to the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [2] They competed archery, athletics, judo, powerlifting, table tennis and wheelchair tennis. [3] [4]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Cheng Ming-chih
Lin Yen-hung
Table tennis Men's team – Class 4–5 16 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tzu-Hui Lin Powerlifting Women's 79 kg 12 September

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. [5] [6] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability. [7]

Events

Archery

Lee Yun-hsien finished second at the 2016 Final Paralympic Qualifying Tournament held in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, securing a place in the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [8] Paralympic record holder Tseng Lung-hui, who placed sixth in the tournament, also secured a ticket to the competition. [9] The pair also qualified for the mixed team recurve open event.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Tseng Lung-hui Men's individual recurve 61110Flag of the United States.svg  Lukow  (USA)(23)
W 6–0
Flag of the United States.svg  Bennett  (USA)(7)
L 4–6
did not advance9
Lee Yun-hsien Women's individual recurve 55021Flag of Latvia.svg  Melle  (LAT)(12)
L 5–6
did not advance17
Lee Yun-hsien
Tseng Lung-hui
Mixed team recurve 11619Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (8)
L 2–6
did not advance9

Athletics

Track Events [4]
AthleteEventHeatsSeminfinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Yang Chuan-hui Men's 100m T11 11.93 SB4did not advance
Field Events

Liu Ya-ting, aged 25, competed in the Games for the second time. She set a new Paralympic record at the women's F13 javelin throw event in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

AthleteEventDistanceRank
Yang Chuan-hui Men's Long Jump T11 6.124
Liu Ya-ting Women's Shot Put F11–12 10.3210
Women's Javelin Throw F12–13 35.185

Cycling

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Chinese Taipei qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements. [10] [11]

Judo

Runner-up from the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Lee Kai-lin was qualified to compete in the women's 48 kg weight class by virtue of her IBSF world ranking as of May 2016. [12] She finished fifth in the event.

AthleteEventSeedPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chang You Men's –60kg 10Flag of Uruguay.svg  Borges  (URU)(8)
L 000–102
did not advance9
Lee Kai-lin Women's –48kg 2Flag of Argentina.svg  Gomez  (ARG)(6)
W 100–000
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li L  (CHN)(4)
L 0001–000
BYEFlag of Turkey.svg  Tasin  (TUR)(7)
L 010–002
5

Powerlifting

Ya-Hsuan Lin in Rio for the 2016 Games. Ya-Hsuan Lin.jpg
Ya-Hsuan Lin in Rio for the 2016 Games.
Lin Tzu Hui in Rio for the Games. Powerlifter from Chinese Taipei Lin Tzu Hui.jpg
Lin Tzu Hui in Rio for the Games.

Five-time Paralympian and three-time Paralympic medalist, Lin Tzu-hui seeks to defend her title in the women's 79 kg weight class. Lin was entered into the competition by virtue of her world ranking as of April 2016. [13] Lin Ya-hsuan will also compete in the Paralympics for the fourth consecutive time. 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.

AthleteEventBody
weight (kg)
Attempts (kg)Result
(kg)
Place
1234
Lin Ya-hsuan Women's –61 kg 57.8378.081.081.078.07
Lin Tzu-hui Women's –79 kg 77.50121.0125.0131.0131.0Bronze medal icon.svg

Table tennis

Three-time Paralympic medalist Wei Mei-hui is set to attend the competition for the fifth consecutive time. [14] Lin Yen-hung, aged 58, is the oldest athlete among the delegates.

Individual
AthleteEventSeedGroup StageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cheng Ming-chih Men's C5 3Flag of Argentina.svg  Depergola  (ARG)(15)
W 3–0
Flag of Serbia.svg  Palikuća  (SRB)(6)
W 3–1
1 QBYEFlag of Norway.svg  Urhaug  (NOR)(5)
L 1–3
did not advance5
Lin Yen-hung 9Flag of Turkey.svg  Öztürk  (TUR)(2)
W 3–2
Flag of Egypt.svg  Tolba  (EGY)(12)
L 1–3
2 QFlag of Brazil.svg  Segatto  (BRA)(13)
W 3–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cao N  (CHN)(1)
L 0–3
5
Lu Pi-chun Women's C4 11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang M  (CHN)(3)
L 0–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gilroy  (GBR)(6)
L 2–3
3did not advance9
Wei Mei-hui Women's C5 8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gu  (CHN)(2)
L 0–3
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Obiora  (NGR)(9)
L 2–3
39
Team
AthleteEventSeedRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cheng Ming-chih
Lin Yen-hung
Men's
C4-5
11Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)(6)
W 2–0
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)(3)
W 2–0
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)(2)
W 2–0
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)(1)
L 1–2
Silver medal icon.svg
Cheng / Lin W 3–0  Depergola / Copola
Cheng W 3–0  Copola
Cheng / Lin W 3–1  Aira / Thomas
Cheng W 3–2  Thomas
Cheng / Lin W 3–1  Öztürk / Turan
Cheng W 3–2  Öztürk
Cheng / Lin LW1–3  Kim / Kim
Cheng WL3–1  Kim
Lin LW0–3  Choi
Lu Pi-chun
Wei Mei-hui
Women's
C4-5
6byeFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)(3)
L 0–2
did not advance5
Lu / Wei L 0–3  Matic / Perić
Lu L 1–3  Perić

Wheelchair Tennis

Following the suspension of the Russian Paralympic team, a slot was subsequently redistributed to Lu Chia-yi, marking the first time since 2004 for which Chinese Taipei competed in Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics. [15]

AthleteEventSeedFirst roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lu Chia-yi Women's singles 31Flag of Chile.svg  Cabrillana  (CHI)(23)
L 4–6, 3–6
did not advance

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