CHENG Chao-Tsun

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
5	Men's Javelin Throw	2018	Indonesia	79.81
5	Men's Javelin Throw	2014	Incheon, KOR	81.61
Olympic Games
Qualification	Men's Javelin Throw	2020	Tokyo, JPN	71.20
World Championships
10	Men's Javelin Throw	2019	Doha, QAT	77.99
Qualification	Men's Javelin Throw	2017	London, GBR	77.87
Diamond League
1	Men's Javelin Throw	2019	Birmingham, GBR	87.75
2	Men's Javelin Throw	2019	Zurich, SUI	89.05
2	Men's Javelin Throw	2019	Shanghai, CHN	87.12
3	Men's Javelin Throw	2019	Oslo, NOR	84.30
4	Men's Javelin Throw	2019	Monaco, MON	82.29
World Challenge
1	Men's Javelin Throw	2018	Osaka, JPN	81.69
3	Men's Javelin Throw	2015	Kawasaki, JPN	81.78
Asian Championships
1	Men's Javelin Throw	2019	Doha, QAT	86.72
6	Men's Javelin Throw	2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	80.03
7	Men's Javelin Throw	2023	Bangkok, THA	69.54
7	Men's Javelin Throw	2015	Wuhan, CHN	73.71

Golden Right Arm (Facebook page, 13 Dec 2021)

Playing badminton, reading psychology books. (storm.mg, 28 Oct 2019)

Athlete

Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, TPE

Wife Hsu Ju-Wen, one child

English, Mandarin

Hsuen Sheng-Jung, TPE

He was able to compete at the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, despite suffering from elbow inflammation. (tw.news.yahoo.com, 16 Jul 2023)

He underwent elbow surgery in November 2021 to repair ligament damage. The injury required around 18 months of rehabilitation. (sports.ettoday.net, 03 Nov 2021; mirrormedia.mg, 03 Nov 2021; tw.news.yahoo.com, 16 Jul 2023)

He was troubled by plantar fasciitis in 2020. (udn.com, 06 Dec 2020)

He had a hamstring strain in 2019. (running.biji.co, 27 Apr 2019)

He returned from an elbow tendon injury in May 2018. (today.line.me, 26 May 2018)

He injured the meniscus in his right knee in May 2016, and required surgery in September the same year. He was able to resume training in February 2017. (tw.appledaily.com, 22 Jun 2019; chinatimes.com, 11 Sep 2017)

He had a severe scald on his arm, leg and foot from a cooking accident in 2012. He was hospitalised for one month and had to withdraw from qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games. (tw.appledaily.com, 22 Jun 2019; chinatimes.com, 11 Sep 2017)

He took up the sport in junior high school. (sports.ltn.com.tw, 09 Sep 2017)

His coach at junior high school recommended he try the sport. "I ran first but I was slow. I also tried discus throw and shot put before finally I settled on javelin throw. I couldn't even reach county level in sprinting, but after my first year of competing in javelin in middle school I reached the national team." (tw.appledaily.com, 22 Jun 2019; sports.ltn.com.tw, 09 Sep 2017)

To compete at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (sports.ltn.com.tw, 04 Aug 2021; cna.com.tw, 02 Nov 2021)

Winning gold and breaking the Asian record at the 2017 World University Games in Taipei, Chinese Taipei. (tw.appledaily.com, 22 Jun 2019)

His grandmother. (storm.mg, 28 Oct 2019)

"Javelin is another me. Although it has been a lot of suffering during this journey, but only when we experience downhill, can we finally realise the peak was so precious. Downhill is the necessary path towards the peak." (braveathlete.net, 23 Mar 2023)

He was named the 2017 Male Athlete of the Year at the Sports Elite Awards Ceremony in Chinese Taipei. (sports.ltn.com.tw, 27 Dec 2017)