Hsiang Chun-hsien

Hsiang Chun-Hsien (Chinese: 向俊賢; born 4 September 1993) is a Taiwanese athlete specialising in the high jump.[1] He won the silver medal at the 2015 Asian Championships and the bronze at the 2015 Summer Universiade.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsiang.
Hsiang Chun-hsien
Hsiang Chun-Hsien in 2015
Personal information
Born (1993-09-04) September 4, 1993
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country Chinese Taipei
SportTrack and field
Event(s)High jump

His personal bests in the event are 2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in) metres outdoors (Gwangju 2015) and 2.10 m (6 ft 10+1⁄2 in) metres indoors (Hangzhou 2014). Both are current national records. It bettered his record at Kaohsiung to 2.29, on 21 October 2015.

He studied at the National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport.[2]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Chinese Taipei
2009 Asian Youth Games Singapore 9th 2.10 m
2010 Asian Junior Championships Hanoi, Vietnam 3rd 2.19 m
World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada – NM
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 6th 2.11 m
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 15th (q) 2.05 m
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 7th 2.18 m
2012 Asian Junior Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 3rd 2.16 m
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 17th (q) 2.14 m
2014 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 9th 2.10 m
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea – NM
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 2nd 2.24 m
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 3rd 2.28 m
World Championships Beijing, China 32nd (q) 2.22 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 35th (q) 2.17 m
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 6th 2.20 m
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 3rd 2.26 m
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 7th (q) 2.15 m1
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 12th 2.15 m

1No mark in the final

References
  1. Hsiang Chun-hsien at World Athletics
  2. HSIANG Chun-Hsien Archived 2015-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. Gwangju2015. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.


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