Chi Cheng (athlete)

Chi Cheng ( born March 15, 1944 in Hsinchu, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese athlete who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1968.

Chi Cheng had already taken part in the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964, but was eliminated in the hurdles each less than spectacular in the lead, in 1964 she appeared also in the pentathlon, finishing in 17th place. My performance improved leaps and bounds as she attended the California Polytechnic State University and was trained by Vincent Reel. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she won the bronze medal at the last time carried out as an Olympic discipline 80 - meter hurdles behind the two Australians Maureen Caird ( gold) and Pam Kilborn (silver). In the 100 - meter race she was in Mexico City Seventh.

In 1969, she ran two world records on yard tracks. Chi Cheng joined many events equal to three times, on both sprints and hurdles. Overall, they started in 1969 with 71 races and won 70 races which, once she was defeated by Barbara Ferrell. 1970 you get seven world records, including 11.0 seconds over 100 meters in Vienna, 22.4 seconds over 200 meters in Munich and 100 minutes later, 12.8 seconds in the 100 - meter hurdles. She was honored with the Athlete of the Year Award from the Associated Press.

In December 1970, she won the 100 meters at the Asian Games in Bangkok. After 84 races undefeated in 1970, her body no longer played with; three years Chi Cheng tormented with injuries, then she ended her career.

At a height of 1.71 m her competition weight was 61 kg. Chi Cheng married the end of 1970 their coach Vincent Reel, but the marriage lasted only a few years. Then Chi Cheng returned to Taiwan and became politically active, she was a member of the NOK Taiwan.