Li Khai-kam

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Johnny Li Khai-kam
Born (1966-07-16) 16 July 1966 (age 59)
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
OccupationSwimmer
Known forRepresenting Hong Kong at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics
Children
  • Jane Li (李澄)
  • Tiffany Li (李怡)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 李啟淦 [1]
Simplified Chinese 李启淦
Hanyu Pinyin Lĭ Qĭgàn
Yale Romanization Leih Kái-gam
Jyutping Lei5
 Kai2
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Johnny Li Khai-kam (born 16 July 1966 in Hong Kong)[ citation needed ] is a two-time Hong Kong Olympic swimmer in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. [2] In 1981, he set the Hong Kong age group record for 14-year-olds in the 100 metres freestyle at British Swimming's Age Group Championships, a record which stood until 2005 when it was broken by Geoffrey Cheah. [3]

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Li also had a minor career as a television actor with TVB. In 2013 he appeared in three episodes of Ghetto Justice II , and later in one episode of Triumph in the Skies II in the role of the swimming coach of Him Law's character. [4]

Personal life

Li graduated from Wah Yan College in Wan Chai in 1983, and went on to study at UC Berkeley. [1] While a student there, he married Commercial Radio Hong Kong DJ Sandy Lamb  [ zh ] in 1987 after learning that she was pregnant with his first daughter, whom they named Jane  [ zh ]. [5] Lamb moved to California to be with Li. [6] The couple went on to have another daughter Tiffany, but divorced in 1992. [7] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "PSA Council 2004-05". Wah Yan College H.K. Past Students Association. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  2. ↑ Lam, S.F.; Julian W. Chang (2006). The Quest for Gold: Fifty Years of Amateur Sports in Hong Kong, 1947-1997. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN   9622097669.
  3. ↑ Powell, Jonathan (11 August 2005). "Teen swimmer makes waves at UK meet". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "林珊珊前夫拍《衝II》" [Sandy Lamb's ex-husband appears in "Triumph II"]. Apple Daily. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "任性媽奉子成婚". Oriental Daily. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "當時她年紀真的小". Headline News. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "林珊珊女兒行舊路" [Sandy Lamb's daughter walks a well-trodden path]. Apple Daily. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "娃娃臉有著數 珊珊受天王寵愛". Wen Wei Po. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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