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Taiwanese swimmer

Hsu Tung-hsiung
Personal information
Born (1954-12-20) 20 December 1954 (age 70)
Taitung County, Taiwan
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Republic of China
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Bangkok 100m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Bangkok 200m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Bangkok 100m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Bangkok 400m individual medley
Hsu Tung-hsiung
Traditional Chinese許東雄
Hanyu PinyinXǔ Dōngxióng

Hsu Tung-hsiung (born 20 December 1954) is a Taiwanese sports official and former swimmer. He won bronze medals in four events at the 1970 Asian Games, and competed in four events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Hsu was born in Taitung, and moved to Kaohsiung at the age of 12. Nicknamed "the iron man of swimming", as late as the 1980s he held thirteen national records in swimming. He later became the Dean of Student Affairs at Taipei Physical Education College, and in 2006 began pursuing PhD at Soochow University in mainland China. He was elected president of the Chinese Taipei Swimming Association in May 2011. He is the father of Hsu Chi-chieh, who also became an Olympic swimmer for Taiwan.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hsu Tung-hsiung Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. ^ 許東雄有子承衣缽 [Hsu Tung-hsiung's son inherits his mantle]. Apple Daily (Taiwan). 28 April 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. 泳協理事長改選 許東雄波折中出線 [Election for president of Swimming Association: Hsu Tung-hsiung breaks through the finishing line]. Liberty Times. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. 北體學務長許東雄 中國唸博士 [Taipei Physical dean Hsu Tung-hsiung studying for PhD in China]. Liberty Times. 1 November 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  5. 泳協理事長選舉　許東雄出線 [Election for president of Swimming Association: Hsu Tung-hsiung wins]. Taiwan News. Central News Agency. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. 台灣泳壇蝶式一哥許志傑大婚 追了新娘14年 [Taiwan swimming's Elder Brother of Butterfly Stroke Hsu Chi-chieh gets married; pursued bride for 14 years]. Apple Daily (Taiwan). 30 January 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

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