Hsu Shu-ching

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsu.

Hsu Shu-ching (Chinese: 許淑淨; pinyin: Xǔ Shújìng; born 9 May 1991) is a Taiwanese weightlifter.

Hsu Shu-ching

Personal information
Born	(1991-05-09) 9 May 1991 (age 34) Lunbei, Yunlin, Taiwan
Height	159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52.5 kg (116 lb)
Sport
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	53 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 101 kg (2014) Clean and jerk: 132 kg (2014) Total: 233 kg (2014, AGR, WR)
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  Chinese Taipei Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro -53 kg 2012 London -53 kg World Championships 2015 Houston -53 kg 2014 Almaty -53 kg Asian Games 2014 Incheon -53 kg Asian Championships 2012 Pyeongtaek -53 kg Universiade 2011 Shenzhen -53 kg

Early life

Hsu, of Hakka descent, was born in Lunbei, Yunlin, Taiwan.^[1][2] She played basketball in high school, switching to weightlifting at the age of 13, after the school disbanded its basketball team.^[3] Hsu later attended Kaohsiung Medical University.^[4]

Weightlifting career

Hsu was coached by Tsai Wen-yee.^[5] 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.^[6] At the 2014 Asian Games, she set a world record in the same event, with a lift of 233 kg.^[7] Hsu won another gold medal in the women's 53 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[8] Hsu announced her decision to retire from competition in June 2018, citing injuries sustained in the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.^[9][10]

In March 2019, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee disclosed that Hsu underwent a drug test prior to the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.^[11] Her sample tested positive for a banned substance in January 2018, and the CTOC subsequently placed Hsu under a three-year ban from competition.^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14]