Chinese Taipei at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag
IPC codeTPE
NPCChinese 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.

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

See also: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Cheng Ming-chih
Lin Yen-hung		 Table tennis Men's team – Class 4–5 16 September
 Bronze Tzu-Hui Lin Powerlifting Women's 79 kg 12 September

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

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

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.

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 611 10  Lukow (USA) (23)
W 6–0 		 Bennett (USA) (7)
L 4–6 		did not advance 9
Lee Yun-hsien Women's individual recurve 550 21  Melle (LAT) (12)
L 5–6 		did not advance 17
Lee Yun-hsien
Tseng Lung-hui 		Mixed team recurve 1161 9 —  Great Britain (8)
L 2–6 		did not advance 9

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Track Events[4]
Athlete Event Heats Seminfinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yang Chuan-hui Men's 100m T11 11.93 SB 4 did 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.

Athlete Event Distance Rank
Yang Chuan-hui Men's Long Jump T11 6.12 4
Liu Ya-ting Women's Shot Put F11–12 10.32 10
Women's Javelin Throw F12–13 35.18 5

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.

Athlete Event Seed Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Chang You Men's –60kg 10  Borges (URU) (8)
L 000–102 		did not advance 9
Lee Kai-lin Women's –48kg 2 —  Gomez (ARG) (6)
W 100–000 		 Li L (CHN) (4)
L 0001–000 		— BYE  Tasin (TUR) (7)
L 010–002 		5

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Ya-Hsuan Lin in Rio for the 2016 Games.
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.

Athlete Event Body
weight (kg) 		Attempts (kg) Result
(kg) 		Place
010 020 030 040
Lin Ya-hsuan Women's –61 kg 57.83 78.0 81.0 81.0 – 78.0 7
Lin Tzu-hui Women's –79 kg 77.50 121.0 125.0 131.0 – 131.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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
Athlete Event Seed Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Cheng Ming-chih Men's C5 3  Depergola (ARG) (15)
W 3–0 		 Palikuća (SRB) (6)
W 3–1 		1 Q BYE  Urhaug (NOR) (5)
L 1–3 		did not advance 5
Lin Yen-hung 9  Öztürk (TUR) (2)
W 3–2 		 Tolba (EGY) (12)
L 1–3 		2 Q  Segatto (BRA) (13)
W 3–2 		 Cao N (CHN) (1)
L 0–3 		5
Lu Pi-chun Women's C4 11  Zhang M (CHN) (3)
L 0–3 		 Gilroy (GBR) (6)
L 2–3 		3 — did not advance 9
Wei Mei-hui Women's C5 8  Gu (CHN) (2)
L 0–3 		 Obiora (NGR) (9)
L 2–3 		3 9
Team
Athlete Event Seed Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Cheng Ming-chih
Lin Yen-hung 		Men's
C4-5 		11  Argentina (ARG) (6)
W 2–0 		 France (FRA) (3)
W 2–0 		 Turkey (TUR) (2)
W 2–0 		 South Korea (KOR) (1)
L 1–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 		6 bye  Serbia (SRB) (3)
L 0–2 		did not advance 5
Lu / Wei   L 0–3   Matic / Perić
Lu   L 1–3   Perić

Wheelchair Tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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]

Athlete Event Seed First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Lu Chia-yi Women's singles 31  Cabrillana (CHI) (23)
L 4–6, 3–6 		did not advance

See also

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