Chinese Taipei at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag
IPC codeTPE
NPCChinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors10 in 6 sports
Flag bearers Yang Chuan-hui
Lin Ya-hsuan
Medals
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]

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 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]

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Three 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

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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.

Athlete Event Body
weight (kg) 		Attempts (kg) Result
(kg) 		Place
010 020 030 040
Lin Ya-hsuan Women's –61 kg 60.05 73 78 81 – 78 7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men
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

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Men
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
Women
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lin Tzu-yu
Tien Shiau-wen 		Teams C9-10 6 —  China
L 0–2
(0–3, 0–3) 		Did not advance 5

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.


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