Wen Tzu-yun

Wen Tzu-yun (born 29 September 1993)[1] is a Taiwanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 55 kg event at the Asian Games and a two-time bronze medalist in this event at the World Karate Championships. She won the gold medal at the Asian Games both in 2014 and in 2018.[1][2][3] She is scheduled to represent Chinese Taipei at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate.[4][5]

Wen Tzu-yun
Personal information
Born (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993
Sport
CountryChinese Taipei
SportKarate
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Chinese Taipei
World Championships
2016 Linz Kumite 55 kg
2018 Madrid Kumite 55 kg
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Kumite 55 kg
2018 Jakarta Kumite 55 kg
World Games
2017 Wrocław Kumite 55 kg

At the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 55 kg event.[6][7] In the final, she lost against Valéria Kumizaki of Brazil.[6][7]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 1st Kumite 55 kg
2016 World Championships Linz, Austria 3rd Kumite 55 kg
2017 World Games Wrocław, Poland 2nd Kumite 55 kg
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 1st Kumite 55 kg
World Championships Madrid, Spain 3rd Kumite 55 kg

References
  1. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. Pan, Jason (27 August 2018). "Asian Games: Taiwan win karate, boating golds". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "Asian Games: Day 14 of competition". InsideTheGames.biz. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. Winters, Max (25 July 2017). "The Netherlands claim ninth World Games korfball title in a row". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.


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