Chi Cheng
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's Athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1968 Mexico City | 80 m hurdles | |
Chi Cheng (Chinese: 紀政, pinyin: Jì Zhēng) (born March 15, 1944), is considered Asia's top female track and field athlete of the 20th century.
Born in Taiwan, Chi studied in the United States at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California where she received most of her athletic training. As a student there, she won four U.S. national championships and over a two year period was the winner of 153 of the 154 events she entered. Representing the Republic of China (as Taiwan), she won the bronze medal at the 80-meter low hurdles in the 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1970, she broke or tied three world records, accomplishing the feat in the space of just one week. For her achievement, Chi Cheng was named the Associated Press Athlete of the Year. She was director of Women's Athletics, at the University of Redlands from 1974 to 1976.
She returned to her native Taiwan, where she entered political life by being appointed the Secretary-General of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Track and Field Association in 1977; subsequently, she was Chairman from 198 to 1993 and Board Member from 1998 to 1999. Chi won three terms as a member of the Legislative Yuan, serving from 1980 to 1989.
