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Wu Chengzhang
Chinese basketball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wu Chengzhang or Woo Cheng-Chang (born 8 February 1924)[1] is a Chinese basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

Wu was part of the China basketball team, which finished 18th in the Olympic tournament.[3] He scored 32 points in one of his games against Iraq, setting a record for the highest personal score for one game. Wu returned to China, where he played and coached basketball in his hometown of Shanghai until he retired. He is much respected in China as one of the country's last remaining 1948 Olympians.[4]
He turned 100 on 8 February 2024.[5]
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