Kuo Cheng-wei (; born 9 November 1983) is a Taiwanese professional

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representing

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. He competed in

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and won a

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with the men's team consisting of himself,

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, Hsu Tzu-yi and Wang Cheng-pang

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Kuo finished his ranking round with a total of 659 points. This gave him the 29th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

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in the first round, beating the

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106–102. In the second round Kuo was eliminated by Park Kyung-Mo with just one point (111-110). Park would eventually win the silver medal. Together with

Chen Szu-Yuan Chen Szu-yuan (; born 7 February 1981) is an athlete from the Republic of China. He competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Chen competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual ...

and Wang Cheng-Pang he also took part in the team event. With his 659 score from the ranking round combined with the 654 of Chen and the 667 of Wang they were in seventh position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the

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team 222–218, but in the quarter-final they were unable to beat the Ukrainian team 214–211.

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