Chinese Taipei competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September. "Chinese Taipei" is the designated name used by Taiwan to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, including the Paralympic Games. Neither the common name "Taiwan" nor the official name "Republic of China" could be used primarily because of opposition from the People's Republic of China.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Table Tennis Women's doubles WD20 31 August Cheng Ming-chihTable TennisMen's individual C53 September Chen Po-yen Table TennisMen's individual C115 September Taekwondo Men's 58 kg 29 August Tien Shiau-wenTable TennisWomen's individual C103 September
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 0 1Athletics 0 1 1Badminton 1 3 4Judo 1 0 1Powerlifting 0 1 1Table tennis 2 2 4Taekwondo 1 0 1Total 6 7 13
Archery
For the first time since 2016, Chinese Taipei entered one male archers into the games by virtue of his result at the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Tseng Lung-huiMen's individual recurve 594 24 L 3–7 Did not advance 17
Athletics
One athlete from Chinese Taipei have qualified to compete at the Games. Athlete Event Final Result Rank Liu Ya-ting Women's javelin throw F13 32.76 6
Badminton
Chinese Taipei has qualified four para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking. Singles Player Event Group stage Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / Rank Opponent score Opponent score Opponent score Rank Opponent score Opponent score Opponent score Fang Jen-yu Men's SU5 L (14–21, 18–21) L (21–15, 11–21, 19–21) L (14–21, 18–21) 4 Did not advance 7 Hu Guang-chiou Women's WH1 W (21–12, 21–12) L (8-21, 6-21) W (21–17, 21–11) 2 Q L (5-21, 11-21) Did not advance 5 Yang I-chen Women's WH2 L (9-21, 18–21) L (4-21, 2–21) L (10-21, 7–21) 4 Did not advance 9 Cai Yi-lin Women's SH6 L (7–21, 6–21) L (12–21, 19–21) L (9–21, 8–21) 4 Did not advance 10
Doubles Player Event Group stage Semi-finals Final / Rank Opponent score Opponent score Rank Opponent score Opponent score Hu Guang-chiou Yang I-chen Women's WH1–2 L (10–21, 19–21) L (11–21, 8–21) 3 Did not advance 5
Judo
Athlete Event Seed Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank Chang Shao-hao Men's –73 kg J2 11 L 000–100 Did not advance L 000–100 Did not advance 7
Powerlifting
Six-time Paralympian and four-time Paralympic medalist, Lin Tzu-hui was entered into the competition by virtue of her world ranking.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 Attempts (kg) Result (kg) Place1234 Lin Tzu-hui Women's –86 kg 95 105 113 105 7
Table tennis
Taiwan secure four single spot for the Paralympic games. Chen Po-yen take his spot after winning the 2023 Virtus Global Games held in Vichy, France. Meanwhile, Lin Tzu-yu, qualified for the games following the triumph of her gold medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China. Later on, the other two athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.
AthleteEventSeedRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankCheng Ming-chihMen's individual C5 2 W 3–1 W 3–0L 2–3Chen Po-yenMen's individual C11 5 W 3–1 W 3–0 L 1–3Tien Shiau-wenWomen's individual C10 6 W 3–0 W 3–2 L 2–3Did not advanceLin Tzu-yu 7 L 0–3 Did not advance 5 Lin Tzu-Yu Tien Shiau-Wen Women's doubles WD20 1 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3
Taekwondo
Chinese Taipei entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Xiao Xiang-wen qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in class 58 kg, marking the nations debut in the para sport.
Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Xiao Xiang-wen Men's –58 kg W 37–7 W 22–1 L 6–16 colspan="2" W 16–8
See also Chinese Taipei at the 2024 Summer Olympics Chinese Taipei at the Paralympics
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