Question: Facts:   - weight: 64 kg lb 0 on    - height: 1.78 0 on      - strokes: freestyle , medley    - birth date: 4 february 1983    - name: wu nien-pin    - club: ntu swimming team    - birth place: taipei , taiwan   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of wu nien-pin .
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wu nien-pin -lrb- ; born february 4 , 1983 in taipei -rrb- is a retired taiwanese swimmer , who specialized in freestyle and medley events .he is a two-time olympian -lrb- 2000 and 2004 -rrb- , and a seventh-place finalist in the 100 m freestyle at the 2002 asian games in busan , south korea .wu made his official debut , as a 17-year-old , at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney .he failed to reach the top 16 in any of his individual events , finishing fifty-fifth in the 100 m freestyle -lrb- 52.72 -rrb- , thirty-eighth in the 200 m freestyle -lrb- 1:54.58 -rrb- , and forty-fourth in the 200 m individual medley -lrb- 2:08.85 -rrb- .at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , wu shortened his program , swimming only in two events with one day in between .he posted fina b-standard entry times of 52.03 -lrb- 100 m freestyle -rrb- and 2:08.12 -lrb- 200 m individual medley -rrb- from the national university games in taipei .on the fifth day of the games , wu placed fifty-fourth in the 100 m freestyle .he edged out singapore 's mark chay to take a seventh spot in heat three by a quarter of a second -lrb- 0.25 -rrb- in 52.58 .the following day , wu managed to repeat a forty-fourth place effort in the 200 m individual medley .swimming in heat two , wu saved a sixth spot over turkey 's orel oral by 0.12 of a second in 2:08.72 .