Hsu Shu-ching

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|image=Hsu Shu-ching 20161229.jpg

| headercolor = #90EE27

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|5|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lunbei, Yunlin, Taiwan

| country = Republic of China (Taiwan)

| sport = Weightlifting

| event = 53 kg

| pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 101 kg (2014)|Clean and jerk: 132 kg (2014)|Total: 233 kg (2014, AGR, WR)}}

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country | {{TPE}} }}

| height = 159 cm

| weight = 52.5 kg

}}

Hsu Shu-ching ({{zh|c=許淑淨|p=Xǔ Shújìng}}; born 9 May 1991) is a Taiwanese weightlifter.

Early life

Hsu, of Hakka descent, was born in Lunbei, Yunlin, Taiwan.{{cite web |title=每天舉15噸考試也第一 |date=10 December 2012 |url=http://info.babyhome.com.tw/article/7394}}{{cite news |title=Hsu lifts Taiwan's first Rio gold medal |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/09/2003652742 |accessdate=9 August 2016 |work=Taipei Times |date=9 August 2016}} She played basketball in high school, switching to weightlifting at the age of 13, after the school disbanded its basketball team.{{cite news |last1=Leung |first1=Christy |title=Olympics: Taiwan's Hsu Shu-ching delivers golden Father's Day gift |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/09/sport/taiwan-weightlifter-gold-rio-olympics/index.html |accessdate=28 March 2019 |publisher=CNN |date=9 August 2016}} Hsu later attended Kaohsiung Medical University.{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Sunrise |last2=Chen |first2=Chao-fu |last3=Wu |first3=Lilian |title=Lin Tzu-chi comes a long way to taste gold |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeas/201409230042.aspx |accessdate=23 September 2014 |publisher=Central News Agency |date=23 September 2014}}

Weightlifting career

Hsu was coached by Tsai Wen-yee.{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Yingfeng |translator-last1=Williams |translator-first1=Scott |title=Top Taiwan Athletes Prepare for the Games |url=https://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/Details?Guid=6e63e1a6-2956-4d8f-b7fd-5acb8dd98970&CatId=4 |accessdate=28 March 2019 |work=Taiwan Panorama |date=August 2017}} She won a gold medal in the women's 53 kg at the 2012 London Olympics, after the original gold medalist, Zulfiya Chinshanlo failed a doping retest.{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Hung-han |last2=Hou |first2=Elaine |title=Taiwanese weightlifter promoted to 1st place in London Olympics |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aspt/201611190018.aspx |accessdate=28 March 2019 |work=Taiwan News |agency=Central News Agency |date=19 November 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120152233/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aspt/201611190018.aspx |archivedate=20 November 2016}} [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3034032 Alt URL] At the 2014 Asian Games, she set a world record in the same event, with a lift of 233 kg.{{cite news |title=Taiwan's Hsu Shu-ching claims gold |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/09/22/2003600286 |accessdate=22 September 2014 |publisher=Taipei Times |date=22 September 2014}} Hsu won another gold medal in the women's 53 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oly-rio-2016-taiwan-s-shu-ching-hsu-wins-her-first-1470605689-htmlstory.html |title=Taiwan's Shu-Ching Hsu wins her first Olympic gold in weightlifting |agency=Associated Press |work=Los Angeles Times |date=27 August 2016}} Hsu announced her decision to retire from competition in June 2018, citing injuries sustained in the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.{{cite news |last1=Shan |first1=Shelley |title=Weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching retiring from competition |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/06/04/2003694283 |accessdate=4 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 June 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Salmonsen |first1=Renée |title=Taiwanese gold medal weightlifter announces retirement on Facebook |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3447199 |accessdate=28 March 2019 |work=Taiwan News |date=3 June 2018}}

In March 2019, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee disclosed that Hsu underwent a drug test prior to the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.{{cite news |last1=Everington |first1=Keoni |title=Taiwan weightlifter Hsu put on list of athletes banned for doping |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3666994 |accessdate=27 March 2019 |work=Taiwan News |date=27 March 2019}} Her sample tested positive for a banned substance in January 2018, and the CTOC subsequently placed Hsu under a three-year ban from competition.{{cite news |last1=Lung |first1=Po-an |last2=Kao |first2=Evelyn |title=Taiwanese Olympic medalist Hsu Shu-ching on 3-year ban: CTOC |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeas/201903270018.aspx |accessdate=27 March 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=27 March 2019}} Hsu's test result was not publicized until March 2019, after the World Anti-Doping Agency issued a deadline for the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee to release the information.{{cite news |last1=Shan |first1=Shelley |title=Weightlifter apologizes, willing to take penalties |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/03/28/2003712315 |accessdate=28 March 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=28 March 2019}} Hsu's 2012 Olympic gold medal is scheduled to be formally conferred in 2021, and she will become the first Taiwanese competitor to have received two Olympic gold medals.{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Chiao-wen |last2=Kao |first2=Evelyn |title=Taiwanese weightlifter to finally get 2012 Olympics gold medal |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202012150015 |access-date=15 December 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=15 December 2020}}