Liu Wei-ting (; born 6 January 1995) is a Taiwanese

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

athlete, born in

Changhua County Changhua (Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴'') is a Taiwanese County (Taiwan), county that is the smallest on the Geography of Taiwan, main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest in the country. With a total population of 1.24 million, Chan ...

. He represented Taipei at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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, in the men's 80 kg. He won a bronze medal at the

2014 Asian Taekwondo Championships The 2014 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 21st edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held at Universal Palace in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from May 26 to May 28, 2014. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team ranking Me ...

, and a silver medal at the

2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships The 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships were the 22nd edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and was scheduled from April 18 to 20, 2016 at the Marriott Convention Center Grand Ballroom in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Medal summary Me ...

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* 1995 births Living people Taiwanese male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Taiwan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games taekwondo practitioners for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Taiwanese sportsmen Sportspeople from Changhua County {{Taiwan-taekwondo-bio-stub