Tang Chih-chun (; born 16 March 2001) is a Taiwanese

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

competing in men's recurve events. He won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event, alongside Luo Wei-min and Wei Chun-heng, at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2018, he competed at the

Summer Youth Olympics The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...

held in Buenos Aires, Argentina without winning a medal. In the boys' singles he reached the elimination rounds where he was eliminated in his second elimination match, by Trenton Cowles of the United States. Cowles went on to win the gold medal. In the mixed team he reached the bronze medal match, alongside Rebecca Jones of New Zealand, and they lost their match against Quinn Reddig of Namibia and Trenton Cowles. In 2019, Tang and Wei Chun-heng won the silver medal in the men's team event at the

Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

held in Naples, Italy. In 2021, he represented Chinese Taipei at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan, winning the silver medal in the Men's Team event, while barely missing a medal due to placing fourth in the Men's individual event.

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* Living people 2001 births Place of birth missing (living people) Taiwanese male archers Asian Games medalists in archery Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Archers at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Archers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Universiade medalists in archery Universiade silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Olympic archers for Taiwan Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in archery Olympic silver medalists for Taiwan 21st-century Taiwanese people {{Taiwan-archery-bio-stub