{{Short description|Taiwanese archer (born 1994)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = #ff5468 | name = Wei Chun-heng | image = 2021. 09.01 「Our Heroes！台灣英雄 凱旋派對」 (51417000216).jpg | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Wei Chun-heng | nickname = | country = {{TPE}} | sport = Archery | event = Recurve | collegeteam = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|7|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} <!-- Medal record --> | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's recurve archery }} {{Medal|Country| {{TPE}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 2020 Tokyo | Team}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalSilver | 2017 Mexico | Individual }} {{MedalBronze | 2021 Yankton | Team }} {{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold | 2018 Jakarta | Team }} {{Medal|Competition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2015 Bangkok|Mixed team}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Bangkok|Team}} {{Medal|Competition| Summer Universiade }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Naples | Mixed team }} {{Medal|Silver| 2019 Naples | Team }} {{Medal|Silver| 2017 Taipei | Team }} {{MedalSilver|2015 Gwangju|Mixed Team}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Gwangju|Team}} | show-medals = yes | updated = 29 July 2023 }}
'''Wei Chun-heng''' ({{lang-zh|t=魏均珩|p=Wèi Jūnháng}}, born June 6, 1994) is a Taiwanese competitive archer.<ref name=rio-2016>{{cite news|title=Wei Chun-heng|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/chun-heng-wei|publisher=Rio 2016|accessdate=21 February 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115203/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/chun-heng-wei|archivedate=26 August 2016|df=dmy}}</ref> He won a bronze medal in the men's team recurve at the 2015 Asian Championships, and also competed as a member of Chinese Taipei's archery squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref name=wei-chun-heng-rio>{{cite news|title=里約奧運射箭名單出爐 男子3人全新出擊|trans-title=Three rookies were named to the men's archery team for the Rio Olympics|language=zh|url=http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20160225/802987/|publisher=Apple Daily|location=Taiwan|date=26 February 2016|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=里約奧運看門道: 射箭|trans-title=Rio Olympic Coverage: Archery|language=zh|url=https://www.twreporter.org/i/olympic-2016/archery/|publisher=The Reporter|location=Taiwan|accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref>
Wei was selected to compete for the Taiwanese squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, shooting both in individual and team recurve tournaments.<ref name=wei-chun-heng-rio/> First, Wei amassed a total of 679 points out of a maximum 720 to lead the Taiwanese trio for the ninth seed heading to the knockout stage, along with his team's score of 1,995 collected from the classification round.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Entering the men's team recurve as the seventh-seeded squad, Wei and his compatriots Kao Hao-wen and Yu Guan-lin succumbed unexpectedly to a tough 2–6 defeat from the unheralded Indonesians in their elimination round match.<ref>{{cite news|title=Archery: Men's Team Round of 16|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-team-1-8-eliminations-ar-7|publisher=Rio 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101629/https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-team-1-8-eliminations-ar-7|archivedate=26 August 2016|df=dmy}}</ref> Rebounding from his team's premature exit, Wei quickly dispatched Fiji's experienced Olympian Rob Elder in straight sets to book the round of 32 spot in the men's individual recurve, before he dropped the match in a grueling 5–6 shoot-off to Thailand's Witthaya Thamwong.<ref>{{cite news|title=Archery: Men's Individual Round of 32|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-16-eliminations-ar-3|publisher=Rio 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101909/https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-16-eliminations-ar-3|archivedate=26 August 2016|df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=里约奥运》射箭个人赛登场 魏均珩止步32强|trans-title=Rio Olympics: Archer Wei Chun-heng ends his debut in the individual round of 32|language=zh|url=http://www.chinatimes.com/cn/realtimenews/20160808008579-260403|publisher=China Times|date=8 August 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{World Archery}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wei, Chun-Heng}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Taiwanese male archers Category:World Archery Championships medalists Category:Olympic archers for Taiwan Category:Olympic silver medalists for Taiwan Category:Olympic medalists in archery Category:Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Asian Games archers for Chinese Taipei Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Category:Asian Games gold medalists in archery Category:Archers at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Archers at the 2022 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Category:Summer World University Games medalists in archery Category:Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Category:Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Category:Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Category:Sportspeople from Taoyuan City Category:21st-century Taiwanese sportsmen