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Chiang Ming-Hsiung

b. 1967

Taiwanese weightlifter

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Born 1967. Chiang Ming-Hsiung is a Taiwanese weightlifter.

Chiang Ming-hsiung (; born 15 January 1967) is a Taiwanese weightlifter. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Biography Chiang Ming-hsiung was born on 15 January 1967 in the Yanpu township of Pingtung County in Taiwan. He initially competed in track and field, finishing a run in 11.6 seconds. Chiang changed to weightlifting in his third year of junior high. He attended . After two years of high school, he was chosen to train for the Olympic Games and moved to a training facility in Zuoying District. He graduated from the National Taiwan Sport University in 1991. After graduation, he began doing his military service in Pingtung City. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, becoming one of the first athletes alongside Tsai Wen-yee to represent Taiwan at the Olympics after the country began participating in the Olympics again. At the 1988 Olympics, he lifted , which set a national record. He attempted to compete in the 52kg-category in the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Fuzhou in 1992. Around 15 days before the competition, Chiang was . He tried weight cutting to make the 52kg-category but was unsuccessful. He collapsed during a training session and withdrew from the competition. He was a coach for the Taiwan's men's team at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships held in South Africa in 1997. Chiang was one of the coaches of Wu Zong-ling when Wu broke Liao Hsing-chou's national record in the category in 2006.

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Jiǎng Míng-xióng, Chiang Ming-hsiung

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Taiwanese weightlifter

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Chiang Ming-Hsiung was born on 15 January 1967.

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Chiang Ming-Hsiung is a weightlifter.

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Chiang Ming-Hsiung is Taiwanese.

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· Wikipedia: Chiang Ming-Hsiung

· Wikidata: Q81057644

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