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| Nationality | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1983 (age 41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chan Yui-chong (born 4 January 1983) [1] is a Hong Kong wheelchair fencer who has been part of the territory's team since 2002. She has competed for Hong Kong at the Summer Paralympics, the Asian Para Games and at the IWAS World Championships.
Chan Yui-chong joined the Hong Kong wheelchair fencing team in 2002. [2] She took up the sport after being inspired by a music video featuring a fencer. [3] At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, she won three gold medals and a silver in the épée B at the age of 21. [2] [3] She won two further gold medals at the 2008 Games in Beijing, China, [2] including a defeat of China's Yao Fang in the final of the épée B. [4]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Chan made it to the semi-finals in the épée B competition once more. She was defeated 15-14 by Zhou Jingjing of China. However, when she fought Germany's Simone Briese-Baetke, Chan was this time victorious by the same scoreline, winning the bronze medal event for the second time in a row. [5] Her further success was praised by Chief Executive of Hong Kong Leung Chun-ying. [6] Chan competed at the 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea, where she won gold in the foil B, but placed second in the épée B following defeat by China's JingJing Zhou. [7]
Chan enjoys fishing as a hobby. [2] She is married to fellow wheelchair fencer Tam Chik-sum. [5] [8]
Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Fencing Gymnasium of the Olympic Green Convention Centre from 14 September to 17 September.
Fung Ying-ki was a Hong Kong Paralympic wheelchair fencer. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, he won three gold medals in the men's individual foil, team foil, and individual sabre events and took bronze in team sabre. Four years later at the Athens Paralympics, he won two golds in individual foil and team sabre and a silver in team foil.
Alison Yu Chui-yee is a wheelchair fencer from Hong Kong. When she was 11 years old, she had bone cancer, leading to the amputation of her left leg. She began as a swimmer but switched to fencing at the age of 17. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won four gold medals in both the individual and team events of épée and foil. She was the first athlete to win four gold medals in fencing in category A in 2004. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she represented Hong Kong again, but since the team matches were canceled, she only won one gold and one silver medal in the individual events.
Macau sent a delegation to participate in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. This was the seventh appearance at a Summer Paralympic Games for the territory since its debut at the 1988 Summer Paralympics. A high jumper and a wheelchair fencer were chosen to represent Macau in London after the nation qualified one athlete by merit and the other by invitation. Wheelchair fencer In I Lao was nominated to be the territory's flag bearer for the opening ceremony. At the Paralympics, Lao came ninth in the group rounds of both the women's individual foil A and the women's individual épée A tournaments while high jumper Hio Sam Tong also finished in ninth in the men's long jump F20 event.
The women's épée B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 16 September at the Olympic Green Convention Center.
The women's foil B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 14 September at the Olympic Green Convention Center.
Au Sin Ying is a Hong Kong sabre fencer.
Zsuzsanna Krajnyák is a Hungarian Paralympic wheelchair fencer. She has won 11 medals at the Paralympic Games, with the first two coming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won two bronze medals. She has also won medals at European and World Championships. Krajnyák was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2006.
Wheelchair fencing at the 2014 Asian Para Games was held in South Korea.
Panagiotis Triantafyllou is a Greek wheelchair fencer who competes in épée and sabre. He represented Greece at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2021. He won the silver medal in the men's sabre B event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan, he won the bronze medal in the same event.
Andrii Demchuk is a Ukrainian wheelchair fencer who competes in épée, foil and sabre. He represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won the gold medal in the men's sabre A event. He also represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Paralympics without winning a medal.
Gemma Collis is a British Paralympic wheelchair fencer who competed in the Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020. Gemma is an 18 time World Cup medallist, and European silver medallist. She has qualified for Paris 2024. She is Chair of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation's Wheelchair Fencing Athletes' Council and a member of the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Gender Equity Commission.
Gyöngyi Dani is a Hungarian wheelchair fencer who has won silver medals at several Paralympic Games. She was Hungary's flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. She returned with a bronze medal.
Bian Jing is a Chinese wheelchair fencer. She won the gold medal in the women's sabre A event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the gold medal in the women's team épèe.
Ludmila Vasileva is a Russian wheelchair fencer. She fences in the foil and épée in category B. Ludmila is a four-time European champion, world champion, and bronze medalist at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Games in Tokyo (Japan). She competes under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee.
Alena Evdokimova is a Russian wheelchair fencer, who won bronze in the women's épée B event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Tam Chik Sum is a Hong Kong wheelchair fencer. He won the silver medal in the men's épée B event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom. He also competed in the men's sabre B event. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Trinity Lowthian is a Canadian wheelchair fencer.
Ruth Sylvie Morel is a Canadian Paralympic wheelchair fencer.
Chen Yuandong is a Chinese wheelchair fencer who competes in épée, foil and sabre A. She has won multiple medals at the Asian Para Games and the World Championships, as well as the Summer Paralympics.
