Lee Fu-an (; born 4 June 1964) is a Taiwanese

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...

. In 1990, he set a national record for the

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the My ...

at 5.30 meters. Hsieh Chia-han beat the record by one centimeter in 2011. Lee twice competed once at the

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the ...

, doing so in

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, though he failed to complete all ten events. He was twice champion at the

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, winning the gold medal at the 1983 and 1989 editions. He was the first man from Taiwan to win that title and was shortly after succeeded by his compatriot

Ku Chin-shui Ku Chin-shui (, 15 January 1960 – 25 May 2016) was an Amis Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter. He medaled for Chinese Taipei at the Asian Athletics Championships six times, winning one gold medal, two silver medals, and three bronze medals. At ...

.Asian Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-28.

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* Living people 1964 births Taiwanese decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Taiwan World Athletics Championships athletes for Chinese Taipei Taiwanese male athletes Fu Jen Catholic University alumni {{Taiwan-athletics-bio-stub