Tang was diagnosed with mild
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in
kindergarten, and his parents enrolled him in gymnastics after a doctor suggested it to burn off energy.[1] He was inspired by the 2004 documentary Jump! Boys that featured Taiwanese gymnasts including future teammate
Lee Chih-kai.[2]
Tang won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the
2017 Doha World Cup.[6] He finished in fourth place on the
floor exercise at the
2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, due to going out of bounds.[7] He missed the rest of the season due to an elbow injury the required three surgeries.[5]
At the
2022 Asian Championships, Tang won the bronze medal with the Chinese Taipei team, and he placed fourth in the all-around. He also finished sixth in the pommel horse final and eighth in the floor exercise and horizontal bar finals.[26] Then at the Paris World Challenge Cup, he won the silver medal on the floor exercise.[27] He then won the floor exercise bronze medal at the Mersin World Challenge Cup.[28] He was the overall floor exercise winner of the
2022 World Challenge Cup series.[29] He qualified for the all-around final at the
World Championships and finished ninth.[30]
Tang tore his Achilles tendon at the beginning of 2023.[31] He returned to competition at the
2023 Paris World Challenge won the horizontal bar gold medal.[32]
2024
Tang competed in the
2024 World Cup series to earn points for
Olympic qualification. He won the horizontal bar gold medals at the events in Cairo,[33] Cottbus,[34] and Doha,[35] securing enough points to qualify for the
2024 Summer Olympics.[36] He was the overall horizontal bar winner of the World Cup series.[37] He also competed in the World Challenge Cup series, winning the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the event in Osijek.[38] He then won the silver medal at the event in Varna and the gold medal at the event in Koper.[39][40]
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^"世大運》翻滾吧!唐嘉鴻 過動兒化身成世界盃金牌選手" ["World Universiade" roll over! Tang Jiahong's hyperactive child transforms into a World Cup gold medalist]. Lead Sports News (in Chinese). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^"世大運》出界錯失獎牌 唐嘉鴻地板屈居第4 - 體育" [World Universiade: went out of bounds and missed the medal, Tang Chia-hung Flooring ranked 4th]. The China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^"亞運體操地板項目 唐嘉鴻獲銀牌" [Tang Chia-hung wins silver medal in Asian Games gymnastics floor event]. Central News Agency (in Chinese). 23 August 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^"唐嘉鴻金銀入懷 奧運夢起飛" [Tang Chia-hung’s Olympic dream takes off with gold and silver in his arms]. The Liberty Times (in Chinese). 25 August 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^"體操世錦賽》差0.267分拿牌!唐嘉鴻單槓奪第5" [Gymnastics World Championships: 0.267 points away from winning a medal! Tang Chia-hung won fifth place on horizontal bar]. The Liberty Times (in Chinese). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^"放眼10月重頭戲 唐嘉鴻先「銀」再說" [Looking at the highlight of October, Tang Chia-hung will talk about "silver" first]. The Liberty Times (in Chinese). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^"東奧體操男子全能唐嘉鴻第7名 李智凱排名21" [Olympics gymnastics men's all-around Tang Chia-hung ranked 7th and Lee Chih-kai ranked 21st]. Yahoo! (in Chinese). 28 July 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2024.