Hsieh Chia-han
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| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Chinese Taipei
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| East Asian Games | ||
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2009 Hong Kong | Pole vault |
| Asian Indoor Athletics Championships | ||
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2014 Hangzhou | Pole vault |
Hsieh Chia-han (Chinese: 謝佳翰; born 14 January 1988) is a Taiwanese pole vaulter. He is the national record holder with his personal best of 5.32 m (17 ft 5 1⁄4 in). He was the gold medallist at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in 2014.
He made his international debut at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and set a personal best of 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) in the qualifying round. He cleared five metres for the first time in 2009, setting an outdoor best of 5.10 m (16 ft 8 3⁄4 in) and an indoor best of 5.12 m (16 ft 9 1⁄2 in). At the 2009 Universiade he did not get past the qualifying stages. He was a finalist at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships (coming eighth) and took the bronze medal at the 2009 East Asian Games.
In 2010 he improved his best to 5.20 m (17 ft 0 1⁄2 in) and placed ninth at the Asian Games. He won four consecutive national titles from 2010 to 2013. The 21-year-old Taiwanese record in the pole vault fell to Hsieh in September 2011, breaking Lee Fu-an's long-standing mark by one centimetre with a clearance of 5.31 m (17 ft 5 in). He was the seventh-place finisher at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships and improved to fifth place at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships two years later. He improved the national record by a further centimetre in April 2013, but failed to return to the podium at the 2013 East Asian Games, where he was fourth overall.
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