Hsiao Mei-yu
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| Full name | Hsiao Mei-yu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1985 Fengyuan, Taichung, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3+1⁄2 in (161 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2011 | Action Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Axman Team Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Taichung Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hsiao Mei-yu (Chinese: 蕭美玉; born 7 January 1985 in Taichung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese road and track bicycle racer.[1] She participated in the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games. In 2010, she won a gold medal at the women's road race event.[2] In the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race,[3] she finished over the time limit,[4] and competed in the women's omnium, placing 17th.[5] Hsiao next participated in the 2014 Asian Games and won four medals,[6] including a gold in the women's omnium.[7]
In 2016 Hsiao returned to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to compete in the Cycling Track Women's Omnium event, where she received 64 points to place 17th, the same placement as at the London Olympics four years earlier. Her best omnium event was the time trial where she ranked seventh. She was the only competitor from Taiwan.
Major results
[edit]Track
[edit]- 2006
- 3rd
Keirin, Asian Track Championships - 2009
- 3rd Omnium, Asian Track Championships
- 2010
- Asian Track Championships
- 3rd Omnium
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 3rd
- 2014
- Asian Games
- 1st
Omnium - 3rd
Team pursuit (with Huang Ting-ying, Tseng Hsiao-chia & Ju I Fang) - 3rd Team sprint (with Huang Ting-ying)
- 1st
- 2nd
Omnium, Asian Track Championships - 2nd Omnium, Hong Kong International Track Cup
- 2nd Omnium, Taiwan Hsin-Chu Track International Classic
- 2015
- Taiwan Hsin-Chu Track International Classic
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Sprint
- 3rd Omnium, Asian Track Championships
- 3rd Omnium, Yangyang International Track Competition
- 2016
- 1st Omnium, ITS Melbourne Grand Prix
- 1st Omnium, ITS Melbourne DISC Grand Prix
- 2017
- Asian Track Championships
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd 500m time trial
- 2nd
- 2nd Omnium, China Track Cup
Road
[edit]- 2009
- 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 9th Road race, East Asian Games
- 2010
- 1st Road race, Asian Games
- 2011
- 1st
Road race, Asian Road Championships - 2012
- 1st Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a El Salvador
- 2013
- 1st Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of Thailand
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 2014
- 1st Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 3rd Road race, Asian Games
- 3rd Overall Tour of Thailand
- 2015
- 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2019
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Hsiao Mei-Yu". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Lee, Chin-wei; Chen, Christie (25 September 2014). "Hsiao wins women's cycling omnium gold in Asian Games (update)". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Mei Yu Hsiao". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Women's Road Race". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Women's Omnium". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ Lee, Chin-wei; Chen, Jay (29 September 2014). "Hsiao Mei-yu grabs fourth medal in four events at Asian Games". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ Carroll, Dave (26 September 2014). "Hsiao Mei-yu bags gold in track cycling at Asian Games". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
External links
[edit]- Hsiao Mei-yu at UCI
- Hsiao Mei-yu at Cycling Archives
- Hsiao Mei-yu at ProCyclingStats
- Hsiao Mei-yu at Olympedia
