Chia Lien-chen

{{short description|Chinese middle-distance runner}}

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| nationality = Chinese

| sport = Middle-distance running

| event = 1500 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|12|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Shanghai,{{cite web|url=http://www.shtong.gov.cn/Newsite/node2/node2245/node4455/node13485/node13487/node60878/userobject1ai15190.html|title=上海体育志|language=zh|publisher=Shanghai City Government|accessdate=24 March 2020}} Republic of China

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Chia Lien-chen{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/lien-chen-chia|title=Lien-Chen Chia|website=Olympic Games|accessdate=24 March 2020}} ({{lang-zh|c=賈連仁|p=Jiǎ Liánrén}}, born 28 December 1912, date of death unknown) was a Chinese middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ji/jia-lianren-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065720/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ji/jia-lianren-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jia Lianren Olympic Results |accessdate=26 October 2017}}1936 Summer Olympics Official Report, p. 633. Chia was the winner of the 800 metres and 1500 metres at the 1935 Chinese National Games.{{cite web | url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/chn.htm | title=Chinese Championships | accessdate=24 March 2020 | work = GBR Athletics}}

He went to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War{{cite web|url=http://milestrials.taiwanathletics.com/stats/champion/olympic-games|title=奧林匹克運動會田徑項目我國歷年統計|language=zh|website=Taiwan Athletics|accessdate=24 March 2020}} and headed Kaohsiung's Sports Development Bureau from 1953 to 1957.{{cite web|url=https://sports.kcg.gov.tw/AboutUs/GovBoss/FormerBosses.htm|title=歷任首長|language=zh|accessdate=24 March 2020|website=Sports Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government|archive-date=18 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618064657/https://sports.kcg.gov.tw/AboutUs/GovBoss/FormerBosses.htm|url-status=dead}}