Chinese Taipei earned record-breaking six boxing quotas for Paris
Chinese Taipei exceeded all of the expectations with their six quotas for the Paris Olympic Games which is a record in their boxing history.
Chinese Taipei sent one boxer to the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games which was their debut in that level as for many other Asian nations. Chinese Taipei sent boxers to the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1984 and 1988 editions of the Olympic Games before the qualification system was launched in 1992.
The country qualified one boxer to the 1996 Olympic Games but Tsai Chih Hsiu lost his first contest at the light flyweight (48kg) in Atlanta. Chinese Taipei sent boxers to the qualification events of the Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London but their athletes were unable to take any spots for the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Chinese Taipei began a strategical development program in the early years of the 2000s and their hard work paid off especially in the women’s part of boxing. After 20-years of hiatus two of their boxers from Chinese Taipei, a male Lai Chu En and a super talented female, Chen Nien Chin qualified for Rio de Janeiro.
Three of their women team members as Chen Nien Chin, Lin Yu Ting and Huang Hsiao Wen claimed gold medals in the 2018 or in the 2019 Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi and in Ulan-Ude. All of these three super talented girls and one further female hope Wu Shih Yi have qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games where Huang earned their first historic bronze medal.
Chinese Taipei amazed in the Asian Games in Hangzhou where two of their male boxers, the Rio Olympian Lai Chu En and Kan Chia Wei have qualified for Paris with their silver medals. Two further female stars as Lin Yu Ting and Wu Shih Yi also managed their Olympic pathway through the Asian Games.
The two-time Olympian Chen Nien Chin accomplished her minimum target at the 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event and she became Chinese Taipei’s fifth Paris Olympian in boxing. Huang Hsiao Wen had the strong chance to repeat that in the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event and she managed to earn the nation’s record-breaking sixth quota for Paris.
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