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

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

athlete, born in

Changhua County Changhua County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest ...

. He represented Taipei at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, 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 Universiade medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games competitors 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 people People from Changhua County {{Taiwan-taekwondo-bio-stub