Hung Wan-ting (born 21 June 1990)[1] is a Taiwanese weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1]

Hung Wan-ting
Personal information
Native name洪萬庭
Born (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 (age 34)
Alma materNational Taiwan Sport University
Sport
CountryChinese Taipei
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang 69 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan 69 kg
Asian Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tashkent 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ashgabat 69 kg

Early life

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Hung is a native of Beinan, Taitung,[2] and attended National Taiwan Sport University.[3]

Career

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At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, she won the silver medal in the women's 69 kg event. In 2014, she competed in the women's 69 kg event at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea without winning a medal. She finished in 6th place.

In 2016, she won the silver medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[4]

In 2017, she won the bronze medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Later that year, she won the gold medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.[5][6] In that same year, she also competed in the women's 69 kg event at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, United States without winning a medal; she finished in sixth place.[7] This became fifth place after Romela Begaj of Albania tested positive for a banned substance.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ^ 廖, 聿偉 (26 August 2018). "「銀」回榮耀/卑南女兒洪萬庭 最後一把妥當". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ Strong, Matthew (23 August 2017). "Taiwanese woman weightlifter wins gold at Universiade". Taiwan News. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. ^ Pavitt, Michael (28 April 2016). "Kazakh star Ulanov produces dominant display to claim Asian Weightlifting Championship title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Chinese Taipei weightlifter Hung Wan-ting wins her first international gold". China Post. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  6. ^ Winters, Max (23 August 2017). "South Korea seal four archery golds on sublime day at Taipei 2017". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  7. ^ "2017 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). lsaf.lt. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. ^ Oliver, Brian (26 January 2019). "Albanian weightlifter's eight-year doping ban means American Mattie Rogers moves up to world silver". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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