Chen Wen-pu
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 25 December 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | 60m: 6.60 (2026) NR 100m: 10.26 (2025) 200m: 20.69 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Chen Wen-pu (born 25 December 1998) is a Taiwanese sprinter. He was a silver medalist in the 60 metres at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, running a national record time.[1]
Biography
In 2023, he competed at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, placing eighth in the final with the men's 4 x 100 metres relay team.[2] That year, he was also selected to represent the Chinese Taipei delegation for the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, where he was part of the 4 x 100 metres relay team which qualified for the final and placed sixth overall.[3] However, he suffered an Achilles tendon injury at the Asian Games and was only able to compete professionally again after a year of physical therapy.[4]
In October 2025, he ran a wind-assisted 9.95 seconds (+2.7 m/s) for the 100 metres at the National Games.[5][6] In February 2026, was a silver medalist in the 60 metres at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China, running 6.60 seconds in the final, a new national record to finish 0.01 behind Chinese sprinter Deng Xinrui. The previous national record of 6.68 seconds that he surpassed had been set by Cheng Hsin-fu in 1988. He had also previously set a personal best of 6.61 seconds in the semi-final.[7][8] In March 2026, he was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland in the men's 60 metres.[9]
References
- ↑ "Chen Wen-pu". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "2023 Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "The 19th Asian Games". World Athletics. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Sprinter wins silver, sets new record". taipeitimes.com. 8 Feb 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Taiwanese sprinter breaks 10-second barrier in 100m". tvbs.com.tw. 22 Oct 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "2025 National Games". World Athletics. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Taiwan sprinter bags men's 60m silver at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". focustaiwan.tw. 7 Feb 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 8 Feb 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Start List – 60m Men Preview – World Athletics Indoor Championships 2026". world-track.org. 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.