Huang Chih-hsiung (Chinese: 黃志雄; pinyin: Húang Zhìxióng; born October 16, 1976) is a Taiwanese athlete. Representing Taiwan (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.

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 (age 48)
Taipei County, Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang
EducationChinese Culture University (BA, MA)
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 place 2003 Garmisch Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 1997 Hong Kong Bantamweight
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Manila Bantamweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Bantamweight
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃志雄
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Zhìxióng
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Zhìxióng

Early life and education

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Huang was born on 16 October 1976 in Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Taiwan. He was educated at Taipei County Wenlin Elementary School and Taipei County Shulin Junior High School before graduating from National Overseas Chinese Experimental Senior High School.

Huang earned a Bachelor of Arts in martial arts from Chinese Culture University and a Master of Arts in sports coaching from the university.

Political careers

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2004 legislative election

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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

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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

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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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