A senior official of the Ministry of Education said yesterday that National Taiwan Sport University had agreed to hire Olympic weightlifting bronze medalist Chen Wei-ling (陳葦綾) as a teacher.
Wang Chun-chuan (王俊權), director of the Department of Physical Education, told reporters the ministry had contacted the university, which expressed its intention to employ Chen as a lecturer.
Wang said taekwondo gold medalists Chu Mu-yen (朱木炎) and Chen Shih-hsin (陳詩欣), archery silver medalist Chen Szu-yuan (陳詩園) and archery bronze medalist Wu Hui-ju (吳蕙如) had all been hired by the university as lecturers after their performance in past Olympic Games.
The ministry hoped the move would help Chen Wei-ling with her career plans, Wang said.
The ministry made the comments after Cabinet Secretary-General Hsueh Hsiang-chuan (薛香川) promised Chen Wei-ling’s mother during a visit to the family on Sunday that the government would help plan the weightlifter’s future.
Chen Wei-ling won Taiwan’s first medal in the Beijing Olympics in the women’s 48kg category on Saturday.
Chen Wei-ling’s mother had shared with Hsueh her concerns over her daughter’s future.
Wang said yesterday the ministry would count the number of athletes who won medals in the Games and could create teaching positions for them.
He said the ministry would also encourage other schools to hire Taiwanese medalists as coaches.
Meanwhile, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃) said that the alley where the Chen family lives should be named “Olympic weightlifting alley.”
Chen Ting-fei, who visited the Chen family yesterday, said Chen Wei-ling had not only honored the nation but Tainan City as well, adding that she would urge the city government to help beautify neighborhood.
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