Hsiang Chun-Hsien

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hsiang.

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 534 in) metres outdoors (Gwangju 2015) and 2.10 m (6 ft 1012 in) metres indoors (Hangzhou 2014). Both are current national records.

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

References

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