Chen Tien-wen (; born 1 June 1978) is a retired

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ese athlete who competed mostly in the

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and

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. He is the national record holder in both events. He competed at three consecutive

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starting in 1999, as well as the

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. He was the gold medallist at the 2001 East Asian Games and has won bronze medals at the

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and the

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Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *400 metres – 46.74 (Tainan 1998) *400 metres hurdles – 48.63 (Beijing 2001) NR Indoor *200 metres – 21.82 (Maebashi 1999) NR

References

1978 births Living people Taiwanese male hurdlers Taiwanese male sprinters Olympic athletes for Taiwan Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Chinese Taipei Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Universiade bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei 20th-century Taiwanese people {{Taiwan-athletics-bio-stub