Hsiao Mei-yu (; born 7 January 1985 in Taichung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese

road A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

and track bicycle racer. She participated in the

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and

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

. In 2010, she won a gold medal at the women's road race event. In the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the Women's road race, she finished over the time limit, and competed in the women's omnium, placing 17th. Hsiao next participated in the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

and won four medals, including a gold in the women's omnium. In 2016 Hsiao returned to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to compete in the Cycling Track Women's Omnium event, where she received 64 points to place 17th, the same placement as at the London Olympics four years earlier. Her best omnium event was the time trial where she ranked seventh. She was the only competitor from Taiwan.

Major results

Track

;2006 : 3rd Bronze medal asia

Keirin, Asian Track Championships ;2009 : 3rd Bronze medal asia

Omnium, Asian Track Championships ;2010 : Asian Track Championships ::3rd Bronze medal asia

Omnium ::3rd Bronze medal asia

Team pursuit ;2014 :

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::1st

Omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...

::3rd

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

(with

Huang Ting-ying Huang Ting-ying (, born 29 May 1990) is a track and road cyclist from Taiwan. She competed on the track in the sprint event at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2015, she won the road race at the Asian Cycling Championships. M ...

, Tseng Hsiao-chia & Ju I Fang) ::3rd bronze medal blank

Team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The current men's ...

(with

) : 2nd

Omnium, Asian Track Championships : 2nd Omnium, Hong Kong International Track Cup : 2nd Omnium, Taiwan Hsin-Chu Track International Classic ;2015 : Taiwan Hsin-Chu Track International Classic ::1st Omnium ::2nd Sprint : 3rd bronze medal asia

Omnium, Asian Track Championships : 3rd Omnium, Yangyang International Track Competition ;2016 : 1st Omnium, ITS Melbourne Grand Prix : 1st Omnium, ITS Melbourne DISC Grand Prix ;2017 : Asian Track Championships ::2nd silver medal asia

Omnium ::3rd bronze medal asia

500m time trial : 2nd Omnium, China Track Cup

Road

;2009 : 2nd Silver medal asia

Road race, Asian Road Championships : 9th Road race,

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;2010 : 1st Gold medal blank

Road race,

;2011 : 1st Gold medal asia

Road race, Asian Road Championships ;2012 : 1st Gold medal asia

Road race, Asian Road Championships : 1st Stage 5

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;2013 : 1st Gold medal asia

Road race, Asian Road Championships : 5th Overall

Tour of Thailand The Tour of Thailand, officially the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand. It was classified by the International Cycling Union as a 2.2 category race as ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 ;2014 : 1st Gold medal asia

Road race, Asian Road Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Road race,

: 3rd Overall

;2015 : 2nd Silver medal asia

Road race, Asian Road Championships ;2019 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hsiao, Mei-yu Living people 1985 births Sportspeople from Taichung Taiwanese female cyclists Olympic cyclists of Taiwan Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Taiwanese women