Lai Chu-en (Chinese: 賴主恩; born 23 July 1996) is a Taiwanese boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Lai Chu-en
Personal information
Born (1996-07-23) 23 July 1996 (age 27)
Pingtung County, Taiwan
Sport
Country Taiwan
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Light welterweight
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Amman Light welterweight

Lai was born in Pingtung County, and is of Paiwan ethnicity.[3][4] His parents separated before he was born, leaving his mother to support him and his elder brother alone through her job as a nurse. He did not do well at school, and describes himself as having no direction in life until he decided to join the track team in middle school. He later took up boxing, and was admitted to the National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Lai Chu-en". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Taiwanese boxers win 5 medals, including 1 gold, at WUC tournament". Focus Taiwan. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017. Chen's teammate at the Rio Olympics, Lai Chu-en (賴主恩), lost his semifinal bout against Didar Utelbayev of Kazakhstan in the men's lightweight division (56-60 kg) on Friday and shared the bronze medal with Temirlan Osmonov of Kyrgyzstan.
  3. ^ a b "【今周刊】男子拳擊賴主恩 不被看好也要打出成績". Apple Daily. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Taiwan boxers to compete in Olympics for first time in 20 years". Focus Taiwan. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.