Chang Hsing-hsien (; 2 October 1910 – 14 March 1989) was the first Taiwanese athlete to participate in the

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Early life and Olympics

He was born in Tatsui,

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(now Longjing,

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. He competed under the Japanese name Seiken Cho, as Taiwan was part of the

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at the time. In 1925, Chang was admitted into Taichu Commercial School. In 1929, he broke the Japanese national middle school record (including colonies) in

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, qualifying for the Meiji Shrine Games. He represented Japan at the

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

and

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Later career

In 1948, Chang became one of the founding players of the

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baseball team.

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* 1909 births 1989 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Japan Sportspeople from Taichung Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent {{Taiwan-athletics-bio-stub