TY - JOUR
T1 - Punching out a New World
T2 - A Preliminary Examination of Women’s Boxing in Taiwan
AU - Yen, Chia Ju
AU - Lin, Mei Chun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Boxing is a fierce exercise, which is not so popular with women in Taiwan. Beginning in 2000, Taiwanese sport administrators intended to develop women’s boxing. In 2001, Zhou Siyin (周思吟) won the 46-kg silver medal in the 1st Asian Amateur Boxing Championships, afterwards winning medals in the subsequent games. Chen Nienchin (陳念琴), the first Taiwanese woman boxer, participated in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, there were four qualified women boxers in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and Huang Hsiaowen (黃筱雯) won the first 51-kg bronze medal for Taiwan. With progressive performance, boxing has gradually attracted more attention and gained more support from government. This study uses historical research methods, analysing documents, documentaries, and interviews with athletes, coaches and related persons to discuss the development of current women’s boxing and its success in Taiwan.
AB - Boxing is a fierce exercise, which is not so popular with women in Taiwan. Beginning in 2000, Taiwanese sport administrators intended to develop women’s boxing. In 2001, Zhou Siyin (周思吟) won the 46-kg silver medal in the 1st Asian Amateur Boxing Championships, afterwards winning medals in the subsequent games. Chen Nienchin (陳念琴), the first Taiwanese woman boxer, participated in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, there were four qualified women boxers in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and Huang Hsiaowen (黃筱雯) won the first 51-kg bronze medal for Taiwan. With progressive performance, boxing has gradually attracted more attention and gained more support from government. This study uses historical research methods, analysing documents, documentaries, and interviews with athletes, coaches and related persons to discuss the development of current women’s boxing and its success in Taiwan.
KW - boxing development of Taiwan
KW - coaches
KW - history of Taiwan boxing
KW - Taiwan boxing
KW - women boxers
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105021379685
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U2 - 10.1080/27690148.2023.2248965
DO - 10.1080/27690148.2023.2248965
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105021379685
SN - 2769-0148
VL - 2
SP - 198
EP - 211
JO - Asian Journal of Sport History and Culture
JF - Asian Journal of Sport History and Culture
IS - 2
ER -