Chang Hsing-hsien explained

Chang Hsing-hsien (; 2 October 1909 – 14 March 1989) was the first Taiwanese athlete to participate in the Olympic Games.^[1]

Early life and Olympics

He was born in Tatsui, Taichū Prefecture (now Longjing, Taichung City), Taiwan.^[2] He competed under the Japanese name Seiken Cho, as Taiwan was part of the Japanese Empire at the time. In 1925, Chang was admitted into Taichu Commercial School. In 1929, he broke the Japanese national middle school record (including colonies) in triple jump, qualifying for the Meiji Shrine Games.^[3]

He represented Japan at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Later career

In 1948, Chang became one of the founding players of the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'My Life As An Athlete'. 2 March 2016. National Museum of Taiwan History. 23 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828162733/http://english.moc.gov.tw/article/index.php?sn=3901. 28 August 2016. dead.
2. News: Han Cheung . Taiwan in Time: Identity crisis of the Taiwanese Olympian . 29 September 2024 . Taipei Times . 29 September 2024.
3. Book: Hsieh, Shih-yuan. One Hundred Years of Taiwanese Baseball. zh-tw. Yu Shan She. 9789862941744. 2017.
4. Web site: 「我的體育生活：第一個參加奧運的臺灣人─張星賢」特展. 國立臺灣歷史博物館. 23 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160825191942/http://www.nmth.gov.tw/exhibition_236_341.html. 25 August 2016. dead.
5. Book: Morris, Andrew. Colonial Project, National Game: A History of Baseball in Taiwan. 2015. University of California Press. 67. Berkeley. 978-0-520-26279-9.