NTNU Athletes Win One Gold, Two Silvers and Four Bronzes at 2026 Asian Games
Athletes from National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) competed across 14 sports at the 2026 Aichi–Nagoya Asian Games, which concluded on October 4. From experienced Olympians to emerging talents making their Asian Games debuts, NTNU athletes distinguished themselves through medal-winning performances, top-eight finishes, and personal bests, highlighting the university’s continued development of competitive sports talent.
Swimmer Wang Kuan-hung claimed gold in the men’s 200m butterfly, while weightlifter Wen-Huei Chen and boxer Nien-Chin Chen earned silver medals in the women’s 69kg and 65kg categories, respectively. Gymnast Chia-Hung Tang, tennis player Ray Ho, shooter Yen-Ching Cheng, and softball players Chen and Shen also contributed to bronze-medal finishes. Beyond the podium, several NTNU athletes reached finals or set personal bests, highlighting the achievements of both experienced Olympians and emerging competitors.
Olympians lead NTNU’s medal-winning performances
Wang Kuan-hung overcame lower-back discomfort during the Games to compete in his signature event, the men’s 200m butterfly. He touched the wall first in 1 minute, 55.05 seconds, securing NTNU’s gold medal and becoming the first Taiwanese male swimmer to win an Asian Games gold.
Wen-Huei Chen, a bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, successfully completed all three snatch attempts in the women’s 69kg weightlifting event. She lifted 106kg in the snatch and 126kg in the clean and jerk for a combined total of 232kg, earning silver.
Nien-Chin Chen, who won bronze at the Paris Olympics, advanced to the women’s 65kg boxing final. She narrowly lost 3–2 to India’s Parveen, taking silver and achieving her best Asian Games result.
Paris Olympic bronze medalist Chia-Hung Tang helped Chinese Taipei’s men’s artistic gymnastics team secure bronze with a total score of 239.896 points. In shooting, three-time Olympian Chia-Chen Tien joined NTNU athlete Yen-Ching Cheng, making her Asian Games debut, and National Tsing Hua University’s Yu-Ju Chen to win bronze in the women’s 25m pistol team event.
In men’s tennis doubles, NTNU’s Ray Ho with his partner reach the semifinals. Facing a South Korean pair, they fought through a closely contested match before losing the deciding match tiebreak 9–11. Their bronze medal was Chinese Taipei’s first tennis medal of the Games.
NTNU softball players Chen and Shen helped Chinese Taipei defeat the Philippines 12–2 in the women’s bronze-medal game, which ended early under the run-ahead rule.
Personal bests and top-eight finishes mark further breakthroughs
NTNU athletes also recorded notable results beyond the medal events. Yen-Ching Cheng finished fourth in the women’s 10m air pistol, while Chang Yun-Hsiang placed fifth in the men’s team kata event in karate. Alumna Cai-Juan Chen finished fifth in the women’s heptathlon with 5,378 points, and Yi-Chi Chang helped Chinese Taipei’s women’s volleyball team finish fifth.
In athletics, Jian-Rong Chen ran a personal-best 49.25 seconds in the men’s 400m hurdles final to finish fourth. Hsin-Ju Chung also set a personal best of 56.57 seconds in the women’s 400m hurdles heats before placing seventh in the final with a time of 56.65 seconds. Both athletes improved their personal records and finished among Asia’s top eight. Making her Asian Games debut, B-Girl Sophia advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s breaking competition. In men’s volleyball, Yi-Kai Wen and alumnus Yu-Chen Chang helped Chinese Taipei finish ninth.
NTNU’s delegation brought together established competitors with Olympic and Asian Games experience and younger athletes making their first appearances at the continental event. From medal-winning performances to personal records and top-eight finishes, their achievements reflected the development of successive generations of athletes at NTNU.