[2] Wu represented Kaohsiung in the Taiwan Provincial Zhongzheng Cup Weightlifting Championships (Chinese: 台灣省中正杯舉重錦標賽) at the Tainan Municipal Gymnasium [zh] on 7 August 1987.
[3] On 9 December 1987, Wu represented Kaohsiung at the National Zhongzheng Cup Weightlifting Championships (Chinese: 全國中正杯舉重錦標賽) at Taichung Municipal Tong-Feng Junior High School [zh].
[6] Wu competed on 29 July 1988 at the Guolan Cup Weightlifting Competition (Chinese: 國蘭杯舉重賽) held in Changhua County's Ciao Sin Elementary School [zh], where he placed second in the third weight division.
[7][8] On 23 August 1988, Wu represented Kaohsiung at the National Zhongzheng Cup Weightlifting Championships (Chinese: 全國中正杯舉重錦標賽).
[9] Wu represented Kaohsiung in the third weight class in the district competition held on 27 October 1988 at Datung Elementary School [zh] in Miaoli.
[10] Wu competed for Kaohsiung at the National Zhongzheng Cup Weightlifting Championships (Chinese: 全國中正杯舉重錦標賽) at Hwa-Gang Junior High School [zh] on 20 December 1988.
[11] At the Taiwan Provincial Zhongzheng Cup Weightlifting Championships (Chinese: 台灣省中正杯舉重錦標賽) on 22 July 1989, Wu competed for the first time in the fourth weight class.
[14] During the World Cup Weightlifting Competition (Chinese: 世界杯舉重賽) in October 1991, he was told he had to provide a urine sample for a routine drug test.
[15] Owing to unexpected underperformance from Liao Hsing-chou and Chang Shun-chien, Wu received the gold medal in the fourth weight class of the district games held on 28 October 1991.
[17] At the Youth Cup Weightlifting Championships (Chinese: 青年杯舉重錦標賽) held on 28 March 1994, Wu received three gold medals in the fourth weight class.
[20] At the 1996 Asian Weightlifting Championships, Wu competed in the fifth weight class and set a national record in the clean and jerk by lifting 177.5 kg (391 lb).
[22] At the 1997 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the fifth weight class, Wu received a silver medal in the clean and jerk by lifting 175 kg (386 lb), which was a personal record.
[2] Min Sheng Bao reported in 1996 that Wu was in a long-term relationship with Tsai Hui-wan (Chinese: 蔡惠婉), who had set a women's weightlifting national record in the first weight class on 23 October 1996.
Using his own funds, Wu contributed roughly NT$35,000 (US$1,253) every month—two-thirds of his salary—to give his students scholarships, sports gear, meals, and nutritional supplements.