Lu Shao-chuan (; born 24 March 1997) is a Taiwanese

sports shooter Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a par ...

. He competed in the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Youth Olympic Games, Summer Youth Olympic Games, an ...

, and grabbed the bronze medal in the mixed teams' 10m air rifle event partnered with Viktoriya Sukhorukova of Ukraine. He also competed at the

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

and

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games (), and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 201 ...

. Teamed-up with Lin Ying-shin, they claimed the first gold medal for the

Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One China principle stipulated by the ...

contingent at the 2018 Games in the mixed 10 metre air rifle team event. He also won the bronze medal in the men's 10 m air rifle event. Lu placed fifth in the

2019 Asian Shooting Championships The 2019 Asian Shooting Championships were the 14th Asian Shooting Championships and took place from 5 to 13 November 2019, at Lusail Shooting Complex, Doha, Qatar. It was the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo ...

, and qualified for the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, becoming the first Taiwanese sports shooter to qualify for the Olympic 10-meter air rifle competition.

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* 1997 births Living people Taiwanese male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Shooters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Taiwan Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games shooters for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games 21st-century Taiwanese sportsmen Asian Games gold medalists in shooting Asian Games bronze medalists in shooting {{Taiwan-sportshooting-bio-stub