Chinese Taipei at the Paralympics

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Chinese Taipei at the
Summer Paralympics
Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg
IPC code TPE
NPC Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 66th
Gold
5
Silver
9
Bronze
16
Total
30
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

The Republic of China (ROC) competes as Chinese Taipei at the Paralympic Games. The ROC first participated at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1992 and has competed in every summer games since then. The nation has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games. Chinese Taipei has a special Paralympic flag which it uses during the games. [1] [2]

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Medals

Medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Chiang Chih-chung 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's javelin throw F13
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Chiang Chih-chung 2004 Athens Athletics Men's javelin throw F13
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lee Ching-chung 1996 Atlanta Judo Men's 60 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lin Tzu-hui 2004 Athens Powerlifting Women's 75 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lin Tzu-hui 2008 Beijing Powerlifting Women's 75 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Kai-lin 2012 London Judo Women's 48 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lin Chin-mei 2004 Athens Shooting Women's air pistol SH1
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chou Chang-shen 2000 Sydney Table tennis Men's singles class 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chou Chang-shen
Lin Yen-hung
2000 Sydney Table tennis Men's team class 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hsiao Shu-chin
Wei Mei-hui
2004 Athens Table tennis Women's team class 4–5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Cheng Ming-chih
Lin Yen-hung
2016 Rio de Janeiro Table tennis Men's team class 4–5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lin Tzu-yu
Tien Shiau-wen
2024 Paris Table tennis Women's double class 2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Cheng Ming-chih 2024 Paris Table tennis Men's singles class 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chen Po-yen 2024 Paris Table tennis Men's singles class 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tseng Lung-hui 2012 London Archery Men's individual recurve W1/W2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tseng Lung-hui 2008 Beijing Archery Men's individual recurve W1/W2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lin Der-chang 1992 Barcelona Judo Men's 86 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lee Ching-chung 2000 Sydney Judo Men's 60 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lin Tzu-hui 2012 London Powerlifting Women's 75 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lin Tzu-hui 2016 Rio de Janeiro Powerlifting Women's 79 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lu Li-hua 2000 Sydney Powerlifting Women's 44 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chou Chang-shen 1996 Atlanta Table tennis Men's singles class 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hsu Chih-shan 1996 Atlanta Table tennis Men's open class 6–10
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hou Ting-sung
Hsu Chih-shan
Hu Ming-fu
Lin Hsiu-hsien
2000 Sydney Table tennis Men's team class 9
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wei Mei-hui
Liao Min-hsiu
Hsiao Shu-chin
2000 Sydney Table tennis Women's team class 4–5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hsu Chih-shan
Hu Ming-fu
2004 Athens Table tennis Men's team class 9
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wei Mei-hui 2004 Athens Table tennis Women's singles class 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tien Shiau-wen 2020 Tokyo Table tennis Women's singles class 10
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Xiao Xiang-wen 2024 Paris Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tien Shiau-wen 2024 Paris Table tennis Women's singles class 10

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References

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  2. "Team Chinese Taipei - Profile | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-25.