Tang Chia-hung
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| Country represented | Chinese Taipei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 September 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tang Chia-hung (traditional Chinese: 唐嘉鴻; simplified Chinese: 唐嘉鸿; pinyin: Táng Jiāhóng; born 23 September 1996)[1] is a Taiwanese artistic gymnast. He won the gold medal on the horizontal bar and the silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2018 Asian Games He is the 2019 Summer Universiade horizontal bar champion. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and he has qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life[edit]
Tang was diagnosed with mild attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in kindergarten, and his parents enrolled him in gymnastics after a doctor suggested it to burn off energy.[2]
Career[edit]
In 2017, he finished in fourth place on the floor exercise at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei, due to going out of bounds.[3] At the 2019 Summer Universiade, he won the gold medal on the horizontal bar.[4] He also won the silver medal in the team event with Hsu Ping-chien and Lee Chih-kai.[5]
In 2019, at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, he qualified to represent Chinese Taipei at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "世大運》翻滾吧！唐嘉鴻 過動兒化身成世界盃金牌選手" ["World Universiade" roll over! Tang Jiahong's hyperactive child transforms into a World Cup gold medalist]. Lead Sports News (in Chinese). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "世大運》出界錯失獎牌 唐嘉鴻地板屈居第4 - 體育" [World Universiade: went out of bounds and missed the medal, Tang Chia-hung Flooring ranked 4th]. 中時新聞網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Tang Chia-hung claims gold on horizontal bar". The Taipei Times. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "30th Summer Universiade 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Teams Qualification Men" (PDF). 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Taiwan's men's gymnastics team secures spot in 2020 Summer Olympics". Taiwan News. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
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