Wang Chin-fang

Wang Chin-Fang (Chinese: 王沁芳; pinyin: Wáng Jīnfāng; born 5 July 1983) is a Taiwanese judoka, who competed for the light middleweight category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] She is a two-time defending champion for her category at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia. She also won two medals each at the Asian Games and at the Asian Judo Championships.

Wang Chin-Fang
Personal information
Nationality Chinese Taipei
Born (1983-07-05) 5 July 1983
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)63 kg

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Wang reached the quarterfinal round of the women's 63 kg class, where she was lost to Cuba's Driulis González, who scored a yuko within the closing time of five minutes.[2] Wang qualified for the repechage bout, with a possible chance of capturing an Olympic bronze medal; however, she was narrowly defeated in the second round, with an automatic ippon, scored by Austria's Claudia Heill.[3]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wang Chin-Fang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. "Women's Half Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. "Women's Half Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2012.


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