Chao Chih-chien (born 13 September 1983) is a

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete from

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 th ...

who competes in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

at international level. He has a personal best of 7.95 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2007 World Student Games. He represented his country at the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

and the

2009 Asian Athletics Championships The 18th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, China in 2009. Results Men's results Track Field Women's results Track Field Medal table Participating nations * (12) * (1) * ...

References

Living people 1983 births Taiwanese male long jumpers Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade {{taiwan-athletics-bio-stub