Chinese Taipei Decathlon Decathlon world record holder. First Taiwanese to win Olympic medal in athletics, and one of two to date.
He became 9000 points breaker in old scoring table (1954 version) in 1963. Same year, he also break pole vault indoor record in Portland. Selected Track And Field Athlete of the Year in 1963.
Studied in University of California, then lived until his death in Los Angeles. He was very famous in his country and became a parliament member for one term. Acted several movies in 1960s.
| Championship | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Asian Games | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| International total | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Year | Championship | Event | Venue | Place | Mark | Record | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Olympic Games | Decathlon | Rome | 2 | 8334 7820u | OR | |
| 1958 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Tokyo | 1 | 7101 7094u | CR | 11.1 - 7.30 - 12.68 - 1.85 - 50.1 / 15.0 - 40.04 - 3.90 - 57.41 - 5:06.1 |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 110H | Tokyo | 2 | 14.8 | ||
| 1958 | Asian Games | LJ | Tokyo | 2 | 7.49 | ||
| 1958 | Asian Games | 400H | Tokyo | 3 | 53.0 | ||
| 1954 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Manila | 1 | 5454 5978u | 11.5 - 6.40 - 10.56 - 1.87 - 52.2 / 15.6 - 33.10 - 3.21 - 48.46 -5:23.3 |
| Year | Championship | Event | Venue | Place | Mark | Record | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Olympic Games | Decathlon | Tokyo | 5 | 7650 7539 | ||
| 1956 | Olympic Games | Decathlon | Melbourne | 8 | 6521 6697u |
