CHENG Chao-Tsun

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2010	Singapore, SIN	Final B (65.94)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	10th (77.99)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (77.87)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2018	Indonesia	5th (79.81)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	1st (86.72)
2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	6th (80.03)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Javelin Throw
2019	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	Javelin Throw	Birmingham, GBR	87.75
2	2019	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	89.05
2	2019	Javelin Throw	Shanghai, CHN	87.12
3	2019	Javelin Throw	Oslo, NOR	84.30
4	2019	Javelin Throw	Monaco, MON	82.29

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	81.69

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Golden Right Arm (Facebook page, 04 Jan 2020)

Playing badminton, reading psychology books. (storm.mg, 28 Oct 2019)

Athlete, Student

Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, TPE

Wife Hsu Ju-Wen, one child

English, Mandarin

Hsuen Sheng-Jung [national]

He was troubled by plantar fasciitis in 2020. (udn.com, 06 Dec 2020)

He had a hamstring strain in 2019. (running.biji.co, 27 Apr 2019)

He returned from an elbow tendon injury in May 2018. (today.line.me, 26 May 2018)

He injured the meniscus in his right knee in May 2016, and required surgery in September the same year. He was able to resume training in February 2017. (tw.appledaily.com, 22 Jun 2019; chinatimes.com, 11 Sep 2017)

He had a severe scald on his arm, leg and foot from a cooking accident in 2012. He was hospitalised for one month and had to withdraw from qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games. (tw.appledaily.com, 22 Jun 2019; chinatimes.com, 11 Sep 2017)

He took up the sport in junior high school. (sports.ltn.com.tw, 09 Sep 2017)

His coach at junior high school recommended he try the sport. "I ran first but I was slow. I also tried discus throw and shot put before finally I settled on javelin throw. I couldn't even reach county level in sprinting, but after my first year of competing in javelin in middle school I reached the national team." (tw.appledaily.com, 22 Jun 2019; sports.ltn.com.tw, 09 Sep 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (news.ebc.net.tw, 26 Mar 2021)

Winning gold and breaking the Asian record at the 2017 World University Games in Taipei, Chinese Taipei. (tw.appledaily.com, 22 Jun 2019)

His grandmother. (storm.mg, 28 Oct 2019)

He was named the 2017 Male Athlete of the Year at the Sports Elite Awards Ceremony in Chinese Taipei. (sports.ltn.com.tw, 27 Dec 2017)