Chun Hing Chan
Chun in 2012
Personal information
Full nameChun Hing Chan
Born (1981-04-24) 24 April 1981
British Hong Kong
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
  • Mountain biking
  • Road
RoleRider[3]
Professional teams
2005–2007Purapharm
2014–2016HKSI Pro Cycling Team
Major wins
Men's Cross-Country, 2010 Asian Games
Medal record
Men's mountain bike racing
Representing  Hong Kong
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Cross-country

Chun Hing Chan[4][5] (Chinese: 陳振興; Jyutping: can4 zan3 hing3; born 24 April 1981) MH[6] is a Hong Kong former professional racing cyclist. He specialised in cross-country mountain biking although he also participated in road races.[4][5]

Early years

Chan was born on 24 April 1981 in British Hong Kong.[4][5] He grew up in Fanling with his parents and five older siblings.[7] Chan went to Kei San Secondary School, where he took up downhill mountain biking at Form 2.[7] After graduating from the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education,[8] Chan trained part-time as a road cyclist and took up a job in the telecom industry for two years.[7] In 2002 at the age of 21, Chan decided to quit his job and became a full-time athlete[7][8] and turned his focus into cross-country mountain biking.[9] Chan was coached by Jinkang Shen (Chinese: 沈金康).[7]

Career

In his early professional years, Chan competed in both cross-country mountain biking and road cycling. Chan won gold in the 2003 China National Mountain Bike Championship and also in the 2005 China National Road Cycling Championships.[9] In 2006, Chan won silver at the Asian Mountain Bike Championship,[9] an event that he finished third in the subsequent three years (2007, 2008 and 2009).[9] In 2007, Chan won a bronze medal in the individual road race 196 km event at the Asian Cycling Championships.[9][10]

Chan competed in the 2009 Chinese National Games and won a silver medal in cross-country mountain biking.[9] This performance brought him to the fore and Chan blazed to gold in the cross-country mountain bike race at the 16th Asian Games in 2010,[7][8][9] crossing the finish line at 2 hours 11 minutes and 33 seconds[11] and beating his main rival Japanese rider Kohei Yamamoto.[12] Chan's performance has impressed the Hong Kong cycling hierarchy, and he received the Hong Kong Potential Sports Stars Awards for 2010.[13] In 2011, Chan won gold in the China National Mountain Bike Championship, and he also received the Medal of Honour from the Hong Kong Government in 2011 for his outstanding achievements in international cycling competitions.[6]

Chan took part in the 2012 London Olympics.[4][5] He participated in the cross-country cycling race.[14] Chan eventually finished in 38th place (out of 50 competitors) with a time of 1 hour 41 minutes and 59 seconds.[15]

Chan competed for Hong Kong at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the mountain biking cross-country race. He finished in 32nd place with a time of 1 hour 44 minutes and 41 seconds.[16] He was the flag bearer for Hong Kong during the closing ceremony.[17] Chan retired from racing after the 2016 Summer Olympics.[18] Chan became a cycling coach after his retirement.[19] He has also set up companies organising mountain bike racing competitions[20] and bicycle touring.[21]

Personal life

Although Chan grew up on a farm, he is afraid of snakes.[22] Chan married Sin Ying Leung (Chinese: 梁倩影), a former Hong Kong A1 Division Championship basketball player and former ATV sports news presenter, in 2012.[23] As of 2016, the couple has one son together.[18]

Major results

2003
1st Cross-country, China National Mountain Bike Championships
2005
1st Road race, China National Road Cycling Championships
2006
2nd Cross-country, Asian Mountain Bike Championships
2007
3rd Cross-country, Asian Mountain Bike Championships
3rd Road race, Asian Cycling Championships
2008
3rd Cross-country, Asian Mountain Bike Championships
2009
3rd Cross-country, Asian Mountain Bike Championships
2nd Cross-country, Chinese National Games
2010
1st Cross-country, Asian Games
2011
1st Cross-country, China National Mountain Bike Championships

References

  1. ↑ "Chun Hing Chan". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chun Hing Chan". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Particulars of Athlete". Hong Kong Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Chun Hing Chan". BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Chun Hing Chan". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. 1 2 "2011 Honours List". Press Releases. Government of Hong Kong. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 拚命三郎大器晚成. The Sun (in Chinese). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  8. 1 2 3 節衣宿食3萬蚊用兩年. The Sun (in Chinese). 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 陳振興抗戰8年苦盡金來. The Sun (in Chinese). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  10. ↑ 第27回アジア自転車競技選手権大会 (in Japanese). Japan Cycling Federation. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "HK's Chan Chun Hing wins men's cross-country cycling title at Asian Games". Xinhua News Agency. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Hong Kong's Chan Chun Hing scores surprise mountain bike win at Asian Games". VeloNews.com. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Bank of China Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards". Olympic Committee of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "Hong Kong China Delegation - Delegation List". Hong Kong Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Men's Cross-country Results". BBC. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  17. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  18. 1 2 港隊陳振興出戰山地單車賽 兒子一聲成動力. Hong Kong Economic Times (in Chinese). 21 August 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  19. ↑ 【運動專訪】退下火線扶掖後輩 陳振興山地單車改變人生 (in Chinese). Ming Pao Weekly. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  20. ↑ 【清水灣長跑】從山地車到長跑 陳振興堅持做開闢者 (in Chinese). HK01. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  21. ↑ 【新一章】陳振興做老闆 辦山地車旅遊團發掘新血 (18:43). Ming Pao (in Chinese). 11 August 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  22. ↑ 陳振興玩命換回報. The Sun (in Chinese). 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  23. ↑ 陳振興梁倩影遙遠的愛 (in Chinese). Oriental Daily News. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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