Tang Chih-chun

Tang Chih-chun (Chinese: 湯智鈞; pinyin: Tāng Zhìjūn; born 16 March 2001)[1] is a Taiwanese archer competing in men's recurve events. He won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event, alongside Luo Wei-min and Wei Chun-heng, at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tang.
Tang Chih-chun
Tang Chih-chun in 2018
Personal information
Full name湯智鈞
Born (2001-03-16) 16 March 2001
Sport
CountryTaiwan
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Team
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples Team

In 2018, he competed at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina without winning a medal. In the boys' singles he reached the elimination rounds where he was eliminated in his second elimination match, by Trenton Cowles of the United States. Cowles went on to win the gold medal. In the mixed team he reached the bronze medal match, alongside Rebecca Jones of New Zealand, and they lost their match against Quinn Reddig of Namibia and Trenton Cowles.

In 2019, Tang and Wei Chun-heng won the silver medal in the men's team event at the Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.[3]

In 2021, he represented Chinese Taipei at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, winning the silver medal in the Men's Team event, while barely missing a medal due to placing fourth in the Men's individual event.

References
  1. "2019 World Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. "Archery Results" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.


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