Chiu Yuh-chuan

Chiu Yuh-chuan (; born 21 August 1960) is a Taiwanese weightlifter and coach. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Chiu set several national records during his weightlifting career. He taught at Chih Cheng Junior High School in Pingtung and Taipei Physical Education College. By 2000, he had become a national weightlifting coach.

Biography Chiu's family was heavily involved in sports. His father was a physical education teacher, while his uncle, Chiu Shi-you , was a tennis and gymnastics coach at Fu Hsing Kang College. His older brother, Chiu Yuh-yuan , who was a weightlifter, once had the national record in the snatch event in the weight division. Chiu began weightlifting when he was 14 years old. He represented Pingtung County at Taiwan's Provincial Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Championship in June 1977. He placed first in the flyweight event. In April 1978, Chiu represented at the National High School Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Championships , where he placed first. That month, Chiu represented Taichung at the National Weightlifting Championships , where he placed first in the flyweight division. The next year, he represented Taichung again at the National Weightlifting Championships, where he placed first in the bantamweight division.

During a district weightlifting competition in October 1979, Chiu lifted in the snatch event and in the clean and jerk event. In total, he lifted , which broke the district's prior flyweight record of . In 1980, he competed in the National Weightlifting Championships in the bantamweight division, where he placed first. The next year, he competed in the National Weightlifting Championships in the flyweight division, where he placed first. Lifting a total weight of , he represented the Provincial Physical Education College when he set the national youth record through a snatch of and a clean and jerk of . During the Taoyuan district games in 1981, Chiu placed first in the clean and jerk and in the total weight. At the 1982 National Weightlifting Championships, Chiu placed first in the bantamweight division.

Chiu competed in April 1983 in the Kaohsiung Mayor's Cup Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Championships . With a clean and jerk of , he broke Tsai Wen-yee's national record of . Chiu competed as a flyweight in the National Weightlifting Championships and Olympics Athlete Preliminary Selection in April 1983. With a clean and jerk of , he broke the national record of and advanced to the next phase of the Olympics selection held in October. He began training in Tainan to prepare for the Olympics selection. Chiu competed in the bantamweight division in the Baosheng Emperor Cup Weightlifting Championships , where he lifted in the clean and jerk and broke a national record. He received the 3rd-level Zhongzheng Sports Medal awarded by the in 1983.

Around 1983, Chiu graduated from the National Taiwan University of Sport. His inability to secure employment for over a year after his university graduation hindered his ability to practice stress-free. Chiu had spent almost a year practicing in Tainan and Zuoying District after being chosen for Taiwan's national weightlifting team. Chiu competed in Group B in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics where he was 12th out of 20 contestants. After lifting in the clean and jerk, he set a national record. He lifted in the snatch, which gave him a combined weight of which was a personal record. After Chiu returned home from the Olympics, he was still trying to find a job.

On 25 December 1985, Chiu was driving a minivan in Changzhi in Pingtung when he accidentally struck a three-year-old girl, Tu Yu-lan , at 10:45am. She had been preparing to walk across the road. Chiu braked but was unable to stop before hitting her. Tu, who sustained serious head injuries, was hospitalised and died. Chiu was a national weightlifting coach in 2000 and coached Chen Jui-lien. A 2003 article said he was married to the weightlifter Li Feng-ying.