Chang Chu-han

{{short description|Chinese kayaker (born 1988)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Chang Chu-Han

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| nationality = Taiwanese

| birth_date = 1 March 1993{{cite web|title=CHANG Chu-Han|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/canoe-slalom/athlete-profile-n1336546-chang-chu-han.htm|website=olympics.com|accessdate=15 July 2021|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726075313/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/canoe-slalom/athlete-profile-n1336546-chang-chu-han.htm|url-status=dead}}

| birth_place = Taichung

| height = 166cm{{cite web |title=Biographies|url=http://www.incheon2014.kr/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5118627&lang=en|website=incheon2014.kr|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141106191205/http://www.incheon2014.kr/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5118627&lang=en|accessdate=15 July 2021|archive-date = 2014-11-06}}

| weight = 62kg

| country = Taiwan

| sport = Canoe slalom

| event = K1

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| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's canoe slalom}}

{{MedalCountry|{{TPE}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Incheon|K1}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta|K1}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|K1}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Xiasi|K1 team}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Shuili|K1}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Shuili|K1 team}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Nakhon Nayok|K1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Toyama|K1 team}}

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Chang Chu-Han ({{zh|s=張筑涵|w=Chang Chu-han|hp=Zhāng Chǔ Hán}};{{cite web |title=輕艇-張筑涵|url=https://www.sport.taichung.gov.tw/System/main/Home/Page.php?ThreeID=63|language=zh |access-date=21 July 2021 |website=Taichun city Government Sports Bureau}} born 1 March 1993) is a Taiwanese slalom canoeist{{Cite web|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/chu-han-chang|title=Chu-Han CHANG (TPE)|website=ICF - Planet Canoe|date=21 September 2019 |language=en|access-date=15 July 2021}} who has competed at the international level since 2008. She is from Taichung and has studied at National Taichung University of Education.

Career

Chu-Han won a bronze and a silver medal in the K1 event at the 2018 and 2014 Asian Games, respectively. She has also won four medals at the Asian Canoeing Championships. Chang finished in 33rd place at the 2014 U23 World Championships in Penrith.{{cite web |title=Chu-Han CHANG (TPE)|url=https://canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_12408c |website=CanoeSlalom.net |accessdate=15 July 2021}}

She earned her best senior world championship result, of 46th, at the 2019 World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell.{{cite web |title=Canoë-kayak - Chu-Han Chang|url=https://www.les-sports.info/chu-han-chang-canoeing-spf335939.html|website=les-sports.info|language=fr |accessdate=15 July 2021}} As there were no eligible athletes left for the Oceania quota, it was reallocated to Chinese Taipei, as the 19th-ranked eligible NOC at the worlds.[https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/canoe_slalom_quota_allocation_-_tokyo_2020_-_media_format.pdf Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation] Chu-Han competed in the K1 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she finished 26th after being eliminated in the heats.

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