Hsu Tung-hsiung (born 20 December 1954) is a Taiwanese sports official and former

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He won bronze medals in four events at the 1970 Asian Games, and competed in four events at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. Hsu was born in Taitung, and moved to

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

at the age of 12. Nicknamed "the iron man of swimming", as late as the 1980s he held thirteen national records in swimming. He later became the Dean of Student Affairs at

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, and in 2006 began pursuing PhD at Soochow University in mainland China. He was elected president of the Chinese Taipei Swimming Association in May 2011. He is the father of

Hsu Chi-chieh Hsu Chi-chieh (born 27 April 1988 in San Francisco) is a Taiwanese swimmer. Hsu represented Chinese Taipei at the Summer Olympics in 2008 and 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Conc ...

, who also became an Olympic swimmer for Taiwan.

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* 1954 births Living people Taiwanese male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Taiwan Swimmers at the 1970 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games 20th-century Taiwanese people {{Taiwan-swimming-bio-stub