Hsiang Chun-Hsien

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hsiang.
Hsiang Chun-Hsien
Personal information
Born (1993-09-04) September 4, 1993
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country  Chinese Taipei
Sport Track and field
Event(s) High jump

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.

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

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
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 2nd 2.24 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

References

  1. ↑ Hsiang Chun-Hsien profile at IAAF
  2. ↑ HSIANG Chun-Hsien . Gwangju2015. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
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