Chinese Taipei at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Chinese Taipei at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg
IPC code TPE
NPC Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors10 in 6 sports
Flag bearers Yang Chuan-hui
Lin Ya-hsuan
Medals
Ranked 78th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Chinese Taipei competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tien Shiau-wen Table tennis Women's individual class 10 28 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: [3]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Badminton 101
Judo 011
Powerlifting 011
Swimming 101
Table Tennis 134
Total4610

Athletics

Two athletes from Chinese Taipei have qualified to compete at the Games.

AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Yang Chuan-hui Men's long jump T11 6.074
Liu Ya-ting Women's javelin throw F13 32.446

Badminton

Chinese Taipei entered one badminton player in the following event at the Games. This will be the first time that para badminton is included in the Games. Each event starts with a round-robin group play stage, with the top two players (teams) advancing to the quarterfinals or semifinals, depending on the total number of players (teams) in the event. [4]

AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalBronze Medal Match
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Fang Jen-yu Men's singles SU5 Flag of Japan.svg  Imai  (JPN)
W (21–16, 17–21, 21–10)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Cheah  (MAS)
L (13–21, 9–21)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Eldakrory  (EGY)
W (21–6, 21–2)
2 QFlag of Malaysia.svg  Cheah  (MAS)
L (21–15, 10–21, 16–21)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Suryo  (INA)
L (16–21, 9–21)
4

Judo

Having won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Lee Kai-lin was qualified to compete in the women's 48 kg weight class for a third consecutive time by virtue of her IBSF world ranking as of June 2021. [5]

AthleteEventSeedPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lee Kai-lin Women's –48kg 4ByeFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ivanytska  (UKR)
L 000–010
Did not advanceByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li  (CHN)
W 100–000
Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  Potapova  (RPC)
L 000–100
5

Powerlifting

Lin Ya-hsuan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Ya-Hsuan Lin.jpg
Lin Ya-hsuan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Lin Ya-hsuan will compete in the Paralympics for the fifth 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 60.05737881787

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventsHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Chen Liang-da 100 m backstroke SM7 1:18.289Did not advance
200 m medley SM7 2:54.2211
400 m freestyle S7 5:15.898 Q5:10.658

Table tennis

Four Taiwanese table tennis players successfully got a slot through the World Ranking Allocation. [6]

Men
AthleteEventSeedPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cheng Ming-chih Individual C5 2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Brands  (BEL)
W 3–1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hunter-Spivey  (GBR)
L 0–3
2 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cao  (CHN)
L 0–3
Did not advance5
Women
AthleteEventSeedPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lu Pi-chun Individual C4 10Flag of Serbia.svg  Perić  (SRB)
L 0-3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bailey  (GBR)
W 3–1
2 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gu  (CHN)
L 1–3
Did not advance5
Lin Tzu-yu Individual C10 8Flag of Australia.svg  Tapper  (AUS)
L 1–3
Flag of Brazil.svg  Alexandre  (BRA)
L 0–3
Bye3Did not advance
Tien Shiau-wen 5Flag of Nigeria.svg  Obazuaye  (NGR)
W 3–0
Flag of Australia.svg  Yang  (AUS)
W 3–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao  (CHN)
W 3–0
1 QFlag of Turkey.svg  Demir  (TUR)
W 3–1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Alexandre  (BRA)
L 1–3
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Lin Tzu-yu
Tien Shiau-wen
Teams C9-10 6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
L 0–2
(0–3, 0–3)
Did not advance5

See also

References

  1. "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport . 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. "NPC Entries - Team Chinese Taipei | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". International Olympic Committee . Archived from the original on 2021-08-25.
  4. "Badminton Competition Schedule". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. "IBSA Senior World Ranking List" (PDF). International Blind Sports Federation. July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.