Wei Chen-yang

Wei Chen-yang
Personal information
Nationality:	Chinese Taipei
Birthday:	February 23, 1992

Wei Chen-yang ( Chinese  魏 辰 洋 , Pinyin Wèi Chényáng , born February 23, 1992 ) is a Taiwanese Taekwondoin . It starts in the weight class up to 58 kilograms.

Wei played his first international title fights at the Junior Asian Championships in 2009 in Kisch , where he reached the final in the class up to 59 kilograms and won silver. In the following year he made his breakthrough in the adult field. At the Asian Games in Guangzhou , he won his first international title in the class up to 58 kilograms. He was also successful at the Asian Championships in Astana , where he won the silver medal. At his first World Cup in 2011 in Gyeongju , Wei went straight to the semi-finals, where he lost to Joel González , but was able to win his first World Cup medal with bronze.

Wei won the Asian Olympic qualification tournament in 2011 in Bangkok in the class up to 58 kilograms and secured participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London .

Web links

• Wei Chen-yang on the TaekwondoData.com website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wei wins nation's sixth gold medal. Retrieved June 21, 2012 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Wei is the family name here, Chen-yang is the first name.