Asian Ironman Yang Chuan-kuang, an Ami and Taiwan's only ever Olympic silver medalist, is a well-known figure, but when he stood as the DPP candidate for Taitung County chief four years ago, he too suffered defeat.
亞洲鐵人阿美族的楊傳廣，為台灣奪得僅有的一面奧運正式比賽項目的銀牌，而擁有高知名度，但四年前由民進黨提名角逐台東縣長，卻依然敗下陣來。