Editing Chi Cheng (athlete)

{{Short description|Taiwanese track and field athlete and Republic of China politician}}
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'''Chi Cheng''' (Chinese: 紀政; born March 15, 1944) is a [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] politician and athlete in [[track and field]]. She was an Olympic medalist in 1968 and was named the [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year]] for 1970. She was a former pentathlete turned sprinter.

== Biography ==
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Chi won a [[Kuomintang]] scholarship and began her college education at the [[University of Hawaii]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Ten Top Young Women |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=12,12,20,29,33,33,35,45&post=23310 |access-date=17 April 2023 |work=Free China Review |date=1 April 1966}}</ref> later transferring to [[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona]] (Cal Poly Pomona)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chi Cheng |url=http://ibm.mtsac.edu/relays/HallFame/Cheng.htm |work=[[Mt. San Antonio College]] |access-date=2008-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914053431/http://ibm.mtsac.edu/relays/HallFame/Cheng.htm |archive-date=2006-09-14 }}</ref> 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]], she ran in the [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles|1960]] and [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles|1964]] Olympics, then won the bronze medal in the women's 80-meter hurdles in the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] and finished 7th in the 100 metre final.

In 1969, she broke three world records and won the British [[WAAA Championships]] titles in two events; the 100 metres and the 100 metres hurdles at the [[1969 WAAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19690720/327/0035 |title=Hyman Back In Glory |work=Sunday Mirror |date=20 July 1969 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=4 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=4 March 2025 }}</ref> 

In 1970, she broke or tied five world records, accomplishing 3 in the space of just one week. She was first woman to run 10.0 second for 100 yards. She also ran world bests of 11.0 for 100 metres, 22.4 for 200 metres, 22.6 for 220 yards, and 12.8 for 100 metre hurdles. She won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok in a games record time. While leading in the 400 metres at the same Asian Games, she suffered a severe leg cramp at 330 metres, which eventually led to a career ending injury. She was ranked number one in the world for 100 metres and 200 metres, second in the 400 metres and third in 100 metres hurdles in 1970 and was undefeated in 69 races that season.

Despite not competing in any high level international championships after 1970, Cheng continued to compete for several years domestically under the name Chi Cheng Reel for the [[Cal Poly Pomona Broncos track and field]] team, winning several [[DGWS]] national titles. She officially retired in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/07/archives/chi-cheng-reel-quitstoo-many-hurdles.html|title=CM Cheng Reel Quits —Too Many Hurdles|date=February 7, 1973|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name=early>{{cite web |last1=Hubbard |first1=Mike |last2=Pfeifer |first2=Jack |title=The early years of Women's collegiate track |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WCollegiateTrack.pdf |website=[[Track and Field News]] |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>

For her achievement, Chi Cheng was named the [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year]]. Also, she became the Director of Women's Athletics at the [[University of Redlands]], California, from 1974 to 1976.

Chi naturalised as a U.S. citizen, but later returned to Taiwan.<ref name="AppleDaily">{{cite news |url=http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/headline/20110825/33621178 |title=人間異語：放棄美國國籍 好難啊 |work=Apple Daily |date=25 August 2011}}</ref> She was appointed the Secretary-General of the [[Chinese Taipei Athletics Association|Republic of China Track and Field Association]] in 1977. Subsequently, she was Chairman until 1993 and Board Member from 1998 to 1999. Chi won three terms as a member of the [[Legislative Yuan]], serving from 1981 to 1989.

She was appointed a National Policy Advisor by President [[Ma Ying-jeou]] in 2009, which required her to [[renunciation of United States citizenship|renounce her U.S. citizenship]] in order to take the position.<ref name="AppleDaily" /> Ma's successor, [[Tsai Ing-wen]], retained Chi as an advisor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lu|first1=Hsin-hui|last2=Hou|first2=Elaine|title=President Tsai appoints seven ambassadors-at-large|url=http://m.focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201707040030.aspx|access-date=4 July 2017|agency=Central News Agency|date=4 July 2017}}</ref>

Chi stated in 2018 that Taiwanese people should be allowed to vote for the name under which Taiwanese athletes compete in the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] and future sports events, as Taiwanese as sent delegations to the Olympics since 1984 as [[Chinese Taipei]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fan|first1=Cheng-hsiang|last2=Wang|first2=Flor|title=Name 'Taiwan' should be used at 2020 Tokyo Olympics: groups|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201801150012.aspx|access-date=15 January 2018|agency=Central News Agency|date=15 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Wei-han|title=Push to change team name for Olympics|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/01/16/2003685849|access-date=16 January 2018|work=Taipei Times|date=16 January 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429133240/http://www.chi-cheng.com:80/index.htm |date=April 29, 2009 |title=www.Chi-Cheng.com}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030020543/http://vm.mtsac.edu:80/relays/HallFame/Cheng.htm |date=October 30, 2005 |title=Chi Cheng}}

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