Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...

sent a delegation to compete at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London. The team was composed of 18 competitors.

Medalists

Archery

*Records tumbled as Tseng Lung Hui got 650 points in the ranking round of Ind. recurve W1/W2, renewing the Paralympic record held by Korea's LEE Myeong-Gu, who ended up 6th place this year. Later on, Tseng claimed his second bronze medal at the end of the knockout stage. He attained his first Paralympic bronze medal at the Beijing Paralympics. ;Men , - , align=left, Hua Chen Chung , align=left rowspan="2", Ind. recurve W1/W2 , 537 , 23 , align=center, (10)
L 2-6 , colspan=5, did not advance , - , align=left, Tseng Lung Hui , 650 , 1 , , (17)
W 6-2 , (9)
W 6-4 , (4)
L 3-7 , ''Bronze Medal Match''
(2)
W 7-3 , , - , align=left, Ching Jen Yang , align=left, Ind. recurve standing , 581 , 20 , align=center, (13)
L 5-6 , colspan=5, did not advance , - , align=left, Hua Chen Chung
Lung Hui Tseng
Ching Jen Yang , align=left, Team recurve , 1768 , 8 , , align=center, (9)
W 194-183 , align=center, (1)
L 179-195 , colspan=3, did not advance

Athletics

;Men’s Field Events ;Women’s Track and Road Events ;Women’s Field Events *The 2012 Summer Paralympics is the first ever Paralympic Games to include javelin throw competition for visually-impaired women. In this event, even though Chinese Taipei's

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finishes 5th, she still holds the Paralympic record of F13, given that the top four players are all F12 athletes.

Judo

Powerlifting

*Two-time winner of the women's −75 kg weight class, powerlifter

Lin Tzu-Hui Lin Tzu-hui (; born 1 November 1981) is a Taiwanese powerlifter. She competed in the 2004 in Athens and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and won a gold medal in each.China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and Nigeria both breaking the records in their additional attempts, Lin failed to overcome the record she set for herself － 137.5 kg. She ended up as the bronze medalist with her first attempt, a lift of 137 kg. ;Women

Shooting

Swimming

;Women

Table tennis

;Men ;Women * Runners-up at the

2004 Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

and bronze medalists at the 2000 Games, Hsiao Shu-Chin and

Wei Mei-Hui Wei Mei-hui (, born 18 August 1963) is a Taiwanese retired para table tennis player. She has won three medals from the 2000 Summer Paralympics and 2004 Summer Paralympics. Wei is a polio Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is ...

participated in the Women's Team C4-5 games for the third time. They were seeded number 8 this year and had to start from the first round, where they lost 2-3 to their Italian opponents and came in last in the tournament. Wei was also a bronze medalist in the Women's Individual C5 event at the

References

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Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...