Chan Ming-shu

Chan Ming-shu

Personal information
Born	(1975-09-25) September 25, 1975 Taiwan
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wushu
Event(s)	Taijiquan, Taijijian
Medal record Representing Chinese Taipei Men's Wushu Taolu World Championships 1997 Rome Taijiquan Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Taijiquan 1994 Hiroshima Taijiquan 2002 Busan Taijiquan Asian Championships 2000 Hanoi TJQ All-around 1996 Manila Taijiquan 2000 Hanoi Taijiquan 2000 Hanoi Taijijian East Asian Games 1997 Busan Taijiquan 1993 Shanghai Taijiquan 2001 Osaka Taijiquan

Chan Ming-shu (Chinese: 詹明樹; pinyin: Zhān míngshù; born September 25, 1975) is a retired taijiquan athlete from Taiwan.

Career

Chan started practicing wushu at the age of ten under his uncle, Chan Te-sheng. in 1989, with the announcement that wushu would be included at the Asian Games, Chan Ming-shu was persuaded by his uncle to switch to taijiquan. His international debut was a year later at the 1990 Asian Games where he finished fifth in men's taijiquan. Three years later, he won his first medal in international competition at the 1993 East Asian Games. He then won another silver medal in men's taijiquan at the 1994 Asian Games. Two years later, he won the silver medal in taijquan at the 1996 Asian Wushu Championships. The following year, he won the gold medal in taijiquan at the 1997 East Asian Games, followed by a silver medal at the 1997 World Wushu Championships. A year later, he won the gold medal in men's taijiquan at the 1998 Asian Games. Two years later he won two silver medals in taijiquan and taijijian at the 2000 Asian Wushu Championships, thus winning the taijiquan all-around gold medal. The following year, he won the silver medal in taijiquan at the 2001 East Asian Games. His last competition was at the 2002 Asian Games where he won the silver medal in men's taijiquan.

From 1993 to 2001, Chan consecutively won the Taiwan taijiquan national championship eight times.

See also

• List of Asian Games medalists in wushu