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{{Short description|Taiwanese athlete (born 1982)}}
{{Family name hatnote|[[Zhang (surname)|Chang]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{no footnotes|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image= Chang Ming Huang.jpg
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| caption= Chang Ming-Huang in 2012
| nationality= {{ROC}}
| birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|8|7}}
| birth_place= [[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]]
| height={{height|m=1.93}}
| weight={{convert|140|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| country= {{TPE}}
| sport =Athletics
| event=[[Shot put]]
| coach =
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| pb=
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{TPE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships|2007 Amman]]|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
}}

'''Chang Ming-huang''' ({{zh|t=張銘煌|p=Zhāng Mínghuáng}}; born 7 August 1982 in [[Taichung]]) is a Taiwanese [[discus throw]]er and [[shot put]]ter.

He has been focusing on shot put only since 2006. He trained in [[National College of Physical Education]] during his university study in Taiwan. He also has trained in China for a period. He has trained with [[Werner Goldmann]] in Berlin from June 2007 until 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

He has been training with [[Donald Babbitt]] in Athens, GA, USA, since Feb 2010. His personal best shot-put throw is 20.58 metres, achieved in Aug 2011 in [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], USA. This is the national record in Taiwan. This performance qualified him for the 2012 London Olympic Games (standard A).

On 3 August 2012, Ming-Huang threw 20.25 meters in the qualification round of the Men's Shot-Put at the London Olympic Games and became the 2nd Asian athlete to get into the final in the history of the event. Later in the evening, he threw 19.99 meters and was ranked 12th in the final.

Ming-Huang is sponsored by [[Chinese Taipei Athletics Association]] (CTAA) & Taiwan Sport Administration of Ministry of Education and [[Adidas]]. CTAA represents Ming-Huang Chang for all foreign affairs.

Ming-Huang is also employed by [[National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport]] as a throwing coach.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{TPE}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1999
|[[1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]
|[[Bydgoszcz, Poland]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Discus (1.5&nbsp;kg)
|64.14 m
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1999 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|Asian Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Singapore]]
|11th
|Shot put
|13.83 m
|-
|5th
|Discus
|49.70 m
|-
|2000
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Santiago]], [[Chile]]
|23rd (q)
|Discus
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw|48.07 m]]
|-
|rowspan=5|2001
|[[Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games|East Asian Games]]
|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Discus
|55.88 m
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2001 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|Asian Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Shot put
|17.20 m
|-
|4th
|Discus
|49.46 m
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|rowspan=2|[[Beijing, China]]
| –
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put|NM]]
|-
|17th (q)
|Discus
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw|51.14 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|[[2002 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Colombo, Sri Lanka]]
|11th
|Shot put
|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|15.70 m]]
|-
|6th
|Discus
|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw|52.94 m]]
|-
|2004
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Tehran, Iran]]
|6th
|Shot put
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#Shot put|17.49 m]]
|-
|2005
|[[2005 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Incheon, South Korea]]
|10th
|Discus
|[[2005 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw|52.75 m]]
|-
|2006
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's shot put|19.45 m]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2007
|[[2007 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Amman, Jordan]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Shot put
|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|19.66 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Bangkok, Thailand]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put|19.36 m]]
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|30th (q)
|Shot put
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|18.53 m]]
|-
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|Asian Indoor Games]]
|[[Macau]]
|4th
|Shot put
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games#Shot put|17.93 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Valencia, Spain]]
|20th (q)
|Shot put
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|17.73 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing, China]]
|40th (q)
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|17.43 m]]
|-
|rowspan=5|2009
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Belgrade, Serbia]]
|8th
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put|18.42 m]]
|-
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|Asian Indoor Games]]
|[[Hanoi, Vietnam]]
|bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|Shot put
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games#Shot put|19.55 m]]
|-
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Guangzhou, China]]
|bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|Shot put
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|19.34 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2009 East Asian Games|East Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Hong Kong]]
|bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|Shot put
|18.33 m
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
|Discus
|54.92 m
|-
|2010
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Guangzhou, China]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's shot put|19.48 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Kobe, Japan]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|Shot put
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|20.14 m]]
|-
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu, South Korea]]
|18th (q)
|Shot put
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|19.60 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2012
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Istanbul, Turkey]]
|21st (q)
|Shot put
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|18.75 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London]], United Kingdom
|12th
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|19.99 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Pune, India]]
|bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|Shot put
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|19.61 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2013 East Asian Games|East Asian Games]]
|[[Tianjin, China]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Shot put
|19.19 m
|-
|2014
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Incheon, South Korea]]
|bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's shot put|19.97 m]]
|-
|2018
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Jakarta, Indonesia]]
|5th
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's shot put|18.98 m]]
|}

==External links==
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{{Footer IAAF World Youth Champions Discus Throw Men}}
{{Footer Asian Champions men's shot put}}
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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Taichung]]
[[Category:Taiwanese discus throwers]]
[[Category:Taiwanese shot putters]]
[[Category:Taiwanese male athletes]]
[[Category:Male discus throwers]]
[[Category:Male shot putters]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Taiwan]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei]]
[[Category:Asian Games athletes for Chinese Taipei]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Chinese Taipei]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]