Wei Chen-yang (; born 23 February 1992 in

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...

) is a Taiwanese retired

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

practitioner. He competed in the 58 kg event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

; he defeated Le Huynh Chau in the preliminary round and was eliminated by

Alexey Denisenko Alexey Alexeyevich Denisenko (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Денисенко; born 30 August 1993) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in the 58 kg division and a silver at the 2016 Ri ...

in the quarterfinal. Wei retired from taekwondo in 2014.

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* * 1992 births Living people Taiwanese male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Taiwan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Nantou County Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Taiwanese people {{Taiwan-sport-bio-stub