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| Nationality | Hong Konger | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1977 Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.hkfencingmaster.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | foil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | HK fencing master | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Hong Kong Fencing Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Now coaching | HK team coach for Universaide, World University Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2004,2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | Hong Kong Rank Number 1 for several years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lau Kwok Kin (Chinese: 劉國堅; Jyutping: lau4 gwok3 gin1; born 17 January 1977) is a fencer from Hong Kong, China who won a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games and 2010 Asian Games in the men's foil team competition. As the one and only 2-time Olympian from Hong Kong, he was the first one to officially qualified(NB) to competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games[1] The first Hong Kong Male Athlete to receive bronze medal from National Fencing Championship in China. The first Hong Kong male athlete to enter into TOP 16 in the World Fencing Championship. Lau Kwok Kin has been the ranking #1 athlete in Hong Kong for more than 10 years. He was also the committee member of HK Fencing Association for 10 years.
He was also invited as honorary coach for the HK Fencing community outreach where he volunteer coaching for community service
Aug,2019. He won the gold medal in the foil individual event of the men's 40 to 49-year-old group at the 5th Asian Veteran Fencing Championships held in Chinese Taipei
Aug,2023. He led the Hong Kong fencing team to win individual and team gold medals at the Chengdu Universiade.
NB: before 1996, there is no requirement to compete for "Qualification" for participating in Olympic game. Any country can send representative to participate in Olympic game. But after 1996, as there is increasing number of participating countries, so the committee has decided to implement the "qualification" policy where the athlete must compete within the zone to get the qualification.
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