Wang Cheng-pang (; born 12 January 1987) is a Taiwanese professional
archer
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representing
Chinese Taipei.
2004 Summer Olympics
Wang competed for the Republic of China (as
Chinese Taipei) at the
2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated. His final rank was 17th overall. Wang was also a member of Chinese Taipei's
silver medal men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
He also competed in
archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a
silver medal with the men's team consisting of himself,
Chen Szu-yuan
Chen Szu-yuan (; born 7 February 1981) is an athlete from the Republic of China. He competes in archery.
2004 Summer Olympics
Chen competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individua ...
,
Kuo Cheng-wei
Kuo Cheng-wei (; born 9 November 1983) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a silver medal with the men's team consisting of himself, Chen Szu-yuan, ...
and
Hsu Tzu-yi
Hsu Tzu-yi (born 24 November 1979) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a silver medal with the men's team consisting of himself, Chen Szu-yuan, Kuo Cheng-wei ...
.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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Wang finished his ranking round with a total of 667 points, twelve points behind leader
Juan René Serrano
Juan René Serrano Gutiérrez (born 23 February 1984 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is an athlete from Mexico. He competes in archery.
Serrano competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, ad ...
. This gave him the 11th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced
Tashi Peljor in the first round, beating the
Bhutan
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i 110–100. In the second round Wang could not compete with
Moriya Ryuichi and lost with 114–109.
Together with
Chen Szu-Yuan
Chen Szu-yuan (; born 7 February 1981) is an athlete from the Republic of China. He competes in archery.
2004 Summer Olympics
Chen competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individua ...
and
Kuo Cheng-Wei
Kuo Cheng-wei (; born 9 November 1983) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a silver medal with the men's team consisting of himself, Chen Szu-yuan, ...
he also took part in the team event. With his 667 score from the ranking round combined with the 654 of Chen and the 659 of Kuo they were in seventh position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the
American team 222–218, but in the quarter final they were unable to beat the
Ukrainian team 214–211.
2012 Summer Olympics
At the
2012 Summer Olympics, he was ranked 33rd after the ranking round of the men's individual event. He faced
Daniel Felipe Pineda of Colombia in the first knockout round, winning 6 - 0.
He then lost 4–6 to
Im Dong Hyun in the last 32.
In the team event, he was part of the team that lost 206–216 to eventual gold medalists Italy.
References
1987 births
Living people
National Dong Hwa University alumni
Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in archery
Archers at the 2002 Asian Games
Archers at the 2006 Asian Games
Olympic archers of Taiwan
Olympic medalists in archery
Olympic silver medalists for Taiwan
People from Hualien County
Place of birth missing (living people)
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Taiwanese male archers
Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in archery
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Universiade silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
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