Chang Hao (; born November 14, 1990, in
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) is a Taiwanese windsurfer, who specialized in
Neil Pryde RS:X class.
He represented
Chinese Taipei in three editions of the Olympic Games (2008, 2012 and 2016) and has been trained by coach Lin Chun Chien for most of his career.
[ As of September 2013, Chang is ranked no. 103 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation.
Chang made his official debut, as a 17-year-old teen, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in ]Beijing
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, where he finished thirty-first in the men's RS:X class with a net score of 260, edging out Croatia's Luka Mratović by a scant, five-point gap.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
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, Chang competed for his second Chinese Taipei team in the RS:X class, having receiving a berth through his results at the World Championships
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in Cadiz, Spain. Struggling to attain a higher position in the opening series, Chang posted a net score of 289 points to end his race with a thirty-fifth-place effort in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished in 32nd.
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1990 births
Living people
Olympic sailors for Taiwan
Taiwanese male sailors (sport)
Taiwanese windsurfers
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X
People from Nantou County
Sailors at the 2014 Asian Games
Sailors at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei
21st-century Taiwanese people
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