Shen Pao-ni (
Along with two men, Seng seriously beat the victim and inserted a stick in the victim's anus.
Shen was convicted and received a nine-year sentence from the Taipei District Court.
Taiwan High Court spokesman Wen Yao-yuan (溫耀源) said that while the district court ruled that Shen had committed a sex crime, the high court decided she had committed a crime against personal liberty causing bodily harm, which carries a lighter sentence.
Wen said the defendants did not commit sex crimes because their act did not cause sexual desire.
Two other defendants were sentenced to reduced terms of 13 months and 12 months in jail.
The high court on Tuesday also released Shen on bail after announcing the sentence.
The defendants and prosecutors have 10 days to decide to bring the case to the Supreme Court.
Shen, who represented the nation at the Olympic Games and Asia Games in the 1970s and 1980s, holds seven national records in swimming.
In 2003 Shen, angry at the victim's treatment of her daughter, invited him to a hotel room, where Shen and the two men forced the victim to take off his clothes and took photographs.
The three also beat the victim, hitting his head on the floor and walls, and inserted a stick into his anus three times.
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