Chen Nien-chin

Taiwanese boxer (born 1997)

Chen Nien-chin

Chen at the 2016 Olympics

Personal information

Nationality

Taiwanese

Born

(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 26)

Height

169 cm (5 ft 7 in)^[1]

Sport

Boxing

Club

Hsinchu^[2]

Coached by

Carlos Fuentes Villanueva
Zhang Chuanliang^[2]

Medal record

Women's amateur boxing

Representing Chinese Taipei
World Championships
	2018 New Delhi	Welterweight
	2016 Astana	Middleweight
Youth Olympics
	2014 Nanjing	Middleweight
Asian Games
	2022 Hangzhou	Welterweight
Asian Championships
	2022 Amman	Light middleweight
	2019 Bangkok	Welterweight
	2017 Ho Chi Minh City	Middleweight

Chen Nien-chin (Chinese: 陳念琴; born 10 May 1997) is a Taiwanese middleweight boxer. In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the world championships, but was eliminated in her first bout at the Rio Olympics.^[1] She is a native of Hualien County.^[3] Chen is of Taiwanese aborigines descent,^[4] with one parent being Amis and the other being Bunun.^[5]

Boxing career

Chen represented her nation at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Welterweight category and reached the quarterfinals. On 30 July 2021, she lost to Lovlina Borgohain of India and failed to ensure a medal.^[6] She earned a gold medal at the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Nien-Chin Chen". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b Nien-Chin Chen Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
^ Lung, Po-an; Ko, Lin (9 March 2020). "Taiwanese boxer secures ticket to Tokyo Olympics in Amman qualifier". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^ "里約奧運》中華點將錄-陳念琴與賴主恩拳進巴西" (in Chinese). China Times. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ "拳擊場傳捷報！陳念琴奪下奧運門票" (in Chinese). 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ Lovelina Borgohain assured of Olympic boxing medal after reaching semifinals sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021
^ Lung, Po-an; Lo, James (9 April 2022). "Chen Nien-chin wins welterweight gold at Thailand Open boxing tourney". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 April 2022.