Wu Tai-Hao (; born February 7, 1985, in

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(now Taoyuan City, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese

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player for the Yulon of the Super Basketball League. Wu plays

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for the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team, as well as for his Taiwanese club teams, but had adjusted to play forward while competing in the

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, a Division II league of the

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, as a member of the

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varsity team. As a starter, he averaged 24.6

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s, 10.7 points, 5.3

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, and 1.6 blocks per game in the 2006-2007 season. After his brief college basketball career in the United States, Wu returned to Taiwan to play in the Super Basketball League where he won a shot-block champion title and helped the

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club team to its second

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in 2008. Averaging 6.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, Wu helped the

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national team to an improved fifth-place finish at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009. On July 22, 2022, Wu signed with the

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of the T1 League. On August 28, 2023, Wu re-signed with the

. On January 4, 2024, Wu moved to the Yulon Luxgen Dinos of the Super Basketball League due to players communication agreement with

and Yulon Luxgen Dinos. On June 25, Wu returned to the

of the T1 League. On December 9, Wu moved to the Yulon Luxgen Dinos of the Super Basketball League again due to player communication agreement.

References

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