Huang Chih-hsiung

Huang Chih-hsiung (Chinese: 黃志雄; pinyin: Húang Zhìxióng; born 16 October 1976 in Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Taiwan) is a Taiwanese athlete. Representing the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal at the Men's 68 kg Taekwondo event. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal at the Men's 58 kg Taekwondo event.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.
Huang Chih-hsiung
黃志雄
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2008 – 1 February 2016
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded bySu Chiao-hui
ConstituencyNew Taipei 5
Personal details
Born (1976-10-16) October 16, 1976
Taipei County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Sports career
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Men’s taekwondo
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 58 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 GarmischBantamweight
Gold medal – first place1997 Hong KongBantamweight
Bronze medal – third place1995 ManilaBantamweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Bantamweight
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃志雄
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Zhìxióng

Political careers

2004 legislative election

Huang was placed third on the Kuomintang's legislators-at-large candidate list for the December 2004 legislative election, just behind Legislative Speaker Wang Jing-pyng and Deputy Legislative Speaker Chiang Pin-kung, and he subsequently won a seat in the sixth Legislative Yuan.

2008 legislative election

He was subsequently re-elected in the January 2008 legislative election, earning a place in the seventh Legislative Yuan.

No. Candidate Party Votes Ratio Elected
1 Wun Bing Yuan (溫炳原) Green Party Taiwan 507 0.43%
2 Chen Cheng Jyun (陳誠鈞) Independent 154 0.13%
3 Wang Wun Siou (王文秀) Home Party 338 0.29%
4 Huang Chih-hsiung Kuomintang 61,948 52.32% Yes
5 Liao Pen-yen Democratic Progressive Party 55,444 46.83%

2016 legislative election
Legislative Election 2016: New Taipei 5th district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPP Su Chiao-hui 92,237 56.11
Kuomintang Huang Chih-hsiung 67,014 40.77
NPP Kuo Po-yu 5,130 3.12
Majority 25,223 15.34
Total valid votes 164,381 98.83
Rejected ballots 1,940 1.17
DPP gain from Kuomintang Swing
Turnout 166,321 68.16
Registered electors 244,030
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