Wu Chengzhang

Chinese basketball player

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]

References

^ Wu Chengzhang at Olympedia
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wu Chengzhang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^ 1948 Chinese basketball player revisits London, BBC, 4 August 2012
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence v2.0: "There and back again: a Chinese Olympian's tale". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 6 August 2012.