Chen Szu-yuan (Chinese: 陳詩園; pinyin: Chén Shīyuán; born 7 February 1981) is an athlete from the Republic of China. He competes in archery.

Chen Szu-yuan
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 New Delhi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Denpasar Team

2004 Summer Olympics

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Chen competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Chen faced Laurence Godfrey of Great Britain, losing 110-108 in the 12-arrow match. Chen placed 7th overall. Chen was also a member of Chinese Taipei's silver medal men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

2008 Summer Olympics

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Chen finished his ranking round with a total of 654 points. This gave him the 38th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Muhammad Marbawi in the first round, beating the Malaysian 107-106. In the second round Chen faced Balzhinima Tsyrempilov and was eliminated by 109-101.[1]

Together with Kuo Cheng-wei and Wang Cheng-pang he also took part in the team event. With his 654 score from the ranking round combined with the 667 of Pang and the 659 of Kuo they were in seventh position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the American team 222-218, but in the quarter-final they were unable to beat the Ukrainian team 214-211.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Athlete biography: Chen Szu Yuan". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved August 17, 2008.