| Chinese Taipei at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | TPE |
| NPC | Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee |
| in Tokyo | |
| Competitors | 10 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearers | Yang Chuan-hui Lin Ya-hsuan |
| Medals Ranked 78th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Chinese Taipei competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1] [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Tien Shiau-wen | Table tennis | Women's individual class 10 | 28 August |
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: [3]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Powerlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table Tennis | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Two athletes from Chinese Taipei have qualified to compete at the Games.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Yang Chuan-hui | Men's long jump T11 | 6.07 | 4 | |
| Liu Ya-ting | Women's javelin throw F13 | 32.44 | 6 | |
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]
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Semifinal | Bronze Medal Match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Fang Jen-yu | Men's singles SU5 |  Imai (JPN)W (21–16, 17–21, 21–10) |  Cheah (MAS)L (13–21, 9–21) |  Eldakrory (EGY)W (21–6, 21–2) | 2 Q | Cheah (MAS) L (21–15, 10–21, 16–21) |  Suryo (INA)L (16–21, 9–21) | 4 |
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]
| Athlete | Event | Seed | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Lee Kai-lin | Women's –48kg | 4 | Bye |  Ivanytska (UKR)L 000–010 | Did not advance | Bye |  Li (CHN)W 100–000 |  Potapova (RPC)L 000–100 | 5 |
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.
| Athlete | Event | Body weight (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Result (kg) | Place | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Lin Ya-hsuan | Women's –61 kg | 60.05 | 73 | 78 | – | 78 | 7 | |
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Chen Liang-da | 100 m backstroke SM7 | 1:18.28 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m medley SM7 | 2:54.22 | 11 | |||
| 400 m freestyle S7 | 5:15.89 | 8 Q | 5:10.65 | 8 | |
Four Taiwanese table tennis players successfully got a slot through the World Ranking Allocation. [6]
| Athlete | Event | Seed | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Cheng Ming-chih | Individual C5 | 2 |  Brands (BEL)W 3–1 |  Hunter-Spivey (GBR)L 0–3 | 2 Q | Cao (CHN) L 0–3 | Did not advance | 5 | |
| Athlete | Event | Seed | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Lu Pi-chun | Individual C4 | 10 |  Perić (SRB)L 0-3 | Bailey (GBR) W 3–1 | — | 2 Q | Gu (CHN) L 1–3 | Did not advance | 5 | |
| Lin Tzu-yu | Individual C10 | 8 |  Tapper (AUS)L 1–3 |  Alexandre (BRA)L 0–3 | Bye | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Tien Shiau-wen | 5 |  Obazuaye (NGR)W 3–0 | Yang (AUS) W 3–0 | Zhao (CHN) W 3–0 | 1 Q |  Demir (TUR)W 3–1 | Alexandre (BRA) L 1–3 | Did not advance | | |
| Lin Tzu-yu Tien Shiau-wen | Teams C9-10 | 6 | — | China L 0–2 (0–3, 0–3) | Did not advance | 5 | ||||
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