Wu Wen-chia (born 24 October 1963) is a Taiwanese former international

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. Wu, who was the U.S. Open champion in 1984, represented Chinese Taipei at two Olympic Games and won three

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

bronze medals for his country. At the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, he won three singles matches to finish fourth from eight competitors in his group. In the doubles, he and partner Huang Huei-chieh were third in their group, one place outside of qualifying for the knockout stage. He also competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta, where he featured only in the doubles event, partnering

Chiang Peng-lung Chiang Peng-lung (; born 24 July 1976, in Penghu) is a Taiwanese male professional table tennis player. Career highlights Singles (as of August 15, 2010) * Olympics: round of 16 (2000, 04). * World Championships: SF (2001). * World Cup appeara ...

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