Tien Shiau-wen

Tien Shiau-wen
Tien Shiau-wen
Sport
Country Chinese Taipei
SportPara table tennis
Disability classD20
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Doubles WD20
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Singles C10
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Singles C10

Tien Shiau-wen (Chinese: 田曉雯; born 14 December 1999) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.

Personal life

Tien was born in Kaohsiung on 14 December 1999,[1] and was raised on Liuqiu Island.[2] The nerves in her right hand were damaged at birth, and she was bullied by classmates who noticed that she had limited use of that hand.[3] Tien began playing table tennis at the age of nine.[4]

Career

She won two silver medals at the 2018 Asian Para Games, in the individual table tennis competition for class 10, and the women's class 8–10 team event alongside Lin Tzu-yu.[5] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Tien medaled in the Class 10 individual women's table tennis, winning bronze.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "TIEN Shiau Wen". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ 林, 和生 (28 August 2021). "帕運桌球田曉雯奪銅 屏東縣長第一時間祝福". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ 路, 皓惟 (28 August 2021). "田曉雯出生右手萎縮曾遭霸凌　「克服心魔」首次帕運就摘銅" (in Chinese). ETToday. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ "帕運／右手萎縮！田曉雯「差點摔斷牙」 苦練13年拚出黃金左手". EBC News. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ 劉, 肇育 (28 August 2021). "帕運／田曉雯四強賽敗北 仍為我國進帳首面獎牌". United Daily News. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ Liu, Kay; Lung, Po-an (28 August 2021). "Taiwan bags first medal at Tokyo Paralympics". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 August 2021. Republished as: "Tokyo Paralympics: Taiwan earn first medal at Tokyo Games". Taipei Times. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Table Tennis Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.


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