Wu Chengzhang

Wu Chenzhang
Wu in 2012
Personal information
Born (1924-02-08) 8 February 1924
Republic of China
Career highlights
18th place in the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wu Chengzhang or Woo Cheng-Chang (born 8 February 1924)[1] is a Chinese basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] Following the death of French cyclist Charles Coste in October 2025, Wu became the oldest living participant of the 1948 Games.[3]

Career

Wu was part of the China basketball team, which finished 18th in the Olympic tournament.[4] He scored 32 points in one of his games against Iraq, setting a record for the highest personal score for one game at that tournament. Wu returned to China, where he played and coached basketball in his hometown of Shanghai until he retired. He is much respected in China as the country's oldest living Olympian and one of the last remaining 1948 Olympians.[5][6]

Personal life

Wu turned 100 on 8 February 2024.[7][8]

His son, Wu Xinshui, was a well-known basketball player who was voted as one of the 50 best Chinese players of all time in a 1999 national survey.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Wu Chengzhang at Olympedia
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wu Chengzhang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Tchir, Paul (4 November 2025). "Recent Deaths Among Olympic Titleholders". OlympStats. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  4. ↑ 1948 Chinese basketball player revisits London, BBC, 4 August 2012
  5. ↑ This article contains OGL licensed text One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence v2.0: "There and back again: a Chinese Olympian's tale". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 6 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Tchir, Paul (4 July 2024). "1948 Chinese Olympic Mysteries". OlympStats. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "China's oldest living Olympian competed in London – not 2012 but 1948". South China Morning Post. 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  8. ↑ Tchir, Paul (8 February 2025). "Charles Coste and Wu Chengzhang Turning 101". OlympStats. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
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