International Results
This was a fruitful year for Hong Kong athletes, who continued their impressive performances at Multi-Sports Games and other international competitions, winning over 460 medals, 111 of them gold.
CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEDALS
32
Senior
5
Junior
CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEDALS
45
Senior
152
Junior
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
MAJOR GAMES
MEDALLISTS
19 - 30 Aug 2017, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
29th Summer Universiade
For the 29th Summer Universiade, Hong Kong sent a delegation of around 160 student athletes and officials to compete in 14 sporting events.
The athletes achieved Hong Kong’s best-ever result at the Universiade. Siobhan Haughey won 2 gold medals – in the women’s 100m and 200m freestyle swimming, breaking the Games record in the latter, to match Hong Kong’s best-ever individual result at the Games. In tennis, Wong Chun-hun and Yeung Pak-long won Hong Kong’s first-ever Universiade tennis medal – bronze in the men’s doubles. Wushu athlete Mok Uen-ying added a bronze medal for Hong Kong in the women’s taolu taijiquan and taijijian event.
Siobhan Haughey (swimming)
Yeung Pak-long (back) and Wong Chun-hun (tennis)
Mok Uen-ying (wushu)
Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme
On 27 September 2017, the HKSI hosted the Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme Presentation Ceremony to present cash awards totalling HK$3.52 million to 22 Hong Kong athletes who won medals at the 29th Summer Universiade and the 13th National Games.
The ceremony was officiated by Mr Lau Kong-wah, Secretary for Home Affairs. The four Summer Universiade medallists received a total of HK$1.3 million in cash awards, while a further HK$2.22 million was given to the 18 National Games medallists.
The Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme was established by the HKSI in 1994. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust title sponsors the Scheme from 2016 to 2018, by providing cash awards to Hong Kong athletes who achieve outstanding performances at six Games: the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Asian Games, the Asian Para Games, the National Games and the Summer Universiade.
The Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme presented cash rewards to athletes with outstanding performances at the 29th Summer Universiade and the 13th National Games.
27 Aug - 8 Sep 2017, Tianjin, China
13th National Games
Hong Kong sent a delegation with 254 athletes to contest in 22 events at the 13th National Games, and they achieved 2 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals – more than double the number of medals won in the previous edition of the Games. About 60% of the athletes finished in the top eight, which is Hong Kong’s best result since its first participation in the 1997 National Games.
Lee Wai-sze (front, cycling)
Leung Chun-wing (left) and Ko Siu-wai (cycling)
Cheung King-lok (right, cycling)
Pang Yao (right, in first place) and Yang Qianyu (second from right, cycling)
Meng Zhaojuan (front, cycling)
The cycling team won seven medals, Hong Kong’s record medal tally for a single sport in the Games. This included two golds – won by Leung Chun-wing in the men’s omnium, and the pair Pang Yao and Yang Qianyu in the women’s madison. Silver went to Cheung King-lok in the men’s individual time trial, Meng Zhaojuan in the women’s road race and the team of Ko Siu-wai and Leung Chun-wing in the men’s madison. Lee Wai-sze won bronze in each of the women’s keirin and sprint.
Fong Hoi-sun (right, fencing)
Cheung Ka-long, Nicholas Choi, Kyle Chan and Cheung Siu-lun (first, second, fourth and fifth from left, fencing)
In fencing, there was silver for Nicholas Choi in the men’s foil, bronze for Fong Hoi-sun in the men’s epee, and a men’s foil team bronze for Kyle Chan, Cheung Ka-long, Cheung Siu-lun and Nicholas Choi.
Cheng Tsz-man (left) and Hung Ho-wai (karatedo)
Lau Mo-sheung (karatedo)
The karatedo team added one silver by Cheng Tsz-man in the men's individual kata and two bronzes by Hung Ho-wai and Lau Mo-sheung in the men’s and women’s individual kata, respectively.
Siu Wing-ying (equestrian)
Clarissa Lyra (equestrian)
There were also two medals in equestrian events: Siu Wing-ying won silver in the individual dressage, and Clarissa Lyra won bronze in the individual jumping.
To King-him (swimming)
In addition, there was a unique inter-provincial medal for swimmer To King-him, who teamed up with China’s three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang and his Zhejiang teammates to win silver in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay.
Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme
On 27 September 2017, the HKSI hosted the Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme Presentation Ceremony to present cash awards totalling HK$3.52 million to 22 Hong Kong athletes who won medals at the 29th Summer Universiade and the 13th National Games.
The ceremony was officiated by Mr Lau Kong-wah, Secretary for Home Affairs. The four Summer Universiade medallists received a total of HK$1.3 million in cash awards, while a further HK$2.22 million was given to the 18 National Games medallists.
The Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme was established by the HKSI in 1994. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust title sponsors the Scheme from 2016 to 2018, by providing cash awards to Hong Kong athletes who achieve outstanding performances at six Games: the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Asian Games, the Asian Para Games, the National Games and the Summer Universiade.
The Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme presented cash rewards to athletes with outstanding performances at the 29th Summer Universiade and the 13th National Games.
17 - 27 Sep 2017, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
5th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games
Hong Kong sent a strong delegation with 114 athletes to participate in 10 sports at the 5th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games. They brought home 35 medals – 10 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze – from seven sports, ranking 10th in the medal tally. There were five gold medals for cycling and four for swimming, including the women’s 4x50m medley relay, won in a Games record-breaking time.
Youth Athletes Scholarship Award Scheme
Medallists at the Asian Youth Para Games receive scholarships under the Youth Athletes Scholarship Award Scheme.
In appreciation of the outstanding results of the Hong Kong junior athletes at the Asian Youth Para Games, the HKSI presented scholarships totalling HK$87,000 to the medallists through the Youth Athletes Scholarship Award scheme, at a ceremony held on 2 March 2018.
Initiated by the HKSI in 2009 and funded through the Hong Kong Athletes Fund, the Youth Athletes Scholarship Award provides scholarships to young local athletes who achieve outstanding performances at the Youth Olympic Games, the Asian Youth Games and the Asian Youth Para Games.
10 - 14 Dec 2017, Dubai, UAE
2017 Asian Youth Para Games
Hong Kong sent 34 athletes to the 2017 Asian Youth Para Games, to participate in athletics, boccia, swimming and table tennis. They won 7 gold, 13 silver and 4 bronze medals, and ranked 11th in the medal table.
Nikki Tang (athletics)
Cheung Yuen (boccia)
Hui Ka-chun (swimming)
Chan Long-tin (swimming)
Chiu Kan-shan (left) and Wong Yue-ching (table tennis)
9 - 25 Feb 2018, PyeongChang, Korea
23rd Olympic Winter Games
Arabella Ng represented Hong Kong at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, in the alpine skiing – ladies giant slalom event. As well as being the only Hong Kong athlete competing in the Games, she became the first Hong Kong skier to participate in the Winter Olympics.
Chau Hoi-wah (left) and Lee Chun-hei (badminton)
Badminton
In August 2017, Chau Hoi-wah and Lee Chun-hei won the bronze medal in the TOTAL BWF World Championships 2017 mixed doubles. This is Hong Kong’s first doubles medal at a World Championships. Though only seeded 10th, Chau and Lee beat Chinese second seeds Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong in the quarter-finals, after losing to them in five previous encounters.
Ng On-yee (billiard sports)
Billiard Sports
At the WLBSA World Festival of Women’s Snooker 2017, Ng On-yee won the 6-red and 10-red ball singles, and placed third with Wan Ka-kai in the doubles events. At the IBSF World 6-Red and Team Snooker Championship 2017, Ng won the women’s singles event, and with Wan Ka-kai placed second in the women’s team event; Lee Chun-wai also won second place in the men’s singles.
Later, Ng placed third in the women’s individual event at the IBSF World Snooker Championships 2017, and by February 2018 became the world’s number one women’s snooker player, a position she solidified as she won her third world title at the WLBSA World Women’s Snooker Championship 2018.
Also during the year, veteran snooker athlete Fu Ka-chun rose to his highest career ranking of fifth in world snooker, and achieved third place at the WPBSA SangSom 6 Red World Championship 2017. Potential future star Robbie Capito finished second in the boys’ U17 event at the World Juniors 9-Ball Championships 2017.
Lee Wai-sze (cycling)
Cycling
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2017 were held in Hong Kong during April 2017, when local cyclist Lee Wai-sze won a bronze medal in the women’s sprint. In the 2018 edition held in the following February, Lee won a silver medal in the women’s keirin.
Cheung Ka-long (back, fencing)
Fencing
Competing in his last World Junior Championships, in April 2017, 19-year-old Cheung Ka-long won gold in the men’s foil junior event at the World Junior & Cadet Fencing Championships 2017.
Nicholas Bezy (front, sailing)
Sailing
Junior sailor Nicholas Bezy won bronze in the laser radial (male) event at the Laser Radial Youth World Championships in August 2017.
Yip Tsz-fung, Au Chun-ming, Tang Ming-hong (second to fourth from left) and Lee Ho-yin (right, squash)
Squash
In November 2017, squash athletes Au Chun-ming, Lee Ho-yin, Tang Ming-hong and Yip Tsz-fung won a bronze medal in the men’s team event at the WSF World Men’s Team Championship 2017. This was Hong Kong’s first-ever medal in the championship.
There was also a success at the WSF World Junior Team Championships, held in July 2017 – when Chan Sin-yuk, Cheng Nga-ching, Ho Ka-wing and Lui Hiu-lam took bronze in the girls’ team event.
Wong Chun-ting (left) and Doo Hoi-kem (table tennis)
Table Tennis
Hong Kong table tennis athletes won two bronze medals at the world level during the year: in May 2017, when Doo Hoi-kem and Wong Chun-ting achieved third place in the mixed doubles of the World Table Tennis Championships 2017; and in the women’s team event of the Team World Cup 2018 in February 2018, when the Hong Kong team comprised Doo Hoi-kem, Lee Ho-ching, Mak Tze-wing, Ng Wing-nam and Soo Wai-yam.
From left: Wu Siu-hong, Mak Cheuk-yin and Tseng Tak-hin (tenpin bowling)
Tenpin Bowling
In November 2017, elite athletes achieved successes at the World Bowling Championships 2017 held in Hong Kong, especially with Mak Cheuk-yin, Tseng Tak-hin and Wu Siu-hong winning Hong Kong’s first-ever gold medal at the championships. Competing in the men’s trios, they achieved victory against Finland in the semi-finals that went down to the last shot before beating Chinese Taipei in the final. Helping the team far surpass Hong Kong’s previous best at the championships – a bronze medal in 1995, Lau Kwun-ho and Tseng Tak-hin won silver in the men’s doubles; and Chan Shuk-han a bronze medal in the women’s singles.
Mak Cheuk-wing (windsurfing)
Windsurfing
In October 2017, junior windsurfer Mak Cheuk-wing won a silver medal in the junior girls’ event at the Techno 293 World Championships.
Liu Xuxu (wushu)
Wushu
Hong Kong athletes delivered a strong performance in the 14th World Wushu Championships, in September 2017. There were 3 gold medals for the women’s team – won by Chen Suijin, Liu Xuxu and Zheng Tianhui in taijijian, daoshu and shuangjian, respectively, along with 3 silver and 2 bronze in other disciplines.
Athletics
Fu Long-kei won a bronze medal in the women’s 400m (T47) event at the World Para Athletics Junior Championships 2017.
Badminton
At the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2017, para shuttlers Chu Man-kai and Wong Chun-yim won gold in the SS6 men’s doubles. Wong Chun-yim also took bronze in the SS6 men’s singles, as did Chan Ho-yuen in the WH2 category.
Dance Sports
Hong Kong para dancers won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal at the World Para Dance Sport Championships 2017.
Yu Chui-yee (right, wheelchair fencing)
Wheelchair Fencing
The wheelchair fencing team won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships 2017.
Tenpin Bowling
Hong Kong tenpin bowlers won 2 silver and 1 bronze medal at the IBSA Tenpin Bowling World Championships 2017.
Athletics
Yim Ching-hei won the gold medal in the boys’ 400m (T20) event at the INAS World Athletics Championships 2017, while Chong Kung-yuen took bronze in the men’s 400m (T20) event at the INAS World Indoor Athletics Championships 2018.
Ng Mui-wui (table tennis)
Table Tennis
Hong Kong athletes won 21 medals – 7 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze – at the INAS World Table Tennis Championships 2017. Rio 2016 Paralympics bronze medallist Ng Mui-wui played a key role in the team’s success, contributing to six of the seven golds. She won the junior girls’ and women’s singles titles, and teamed up for three doubles golds with Wong Pui-kei in the junior girls’ event, Wong Ka-man in the women’s event and Fan Ka-ho in the junior mixed event. Ng also helped to ensure Hong Kong took home the women’s team title with Li Hiu-tung, Wong Ka-man and Wong Pui-kei, while the other gold was won by Leung Chung-yan in the junior boys’ singles. There were also silver medals for the men’s and women’s teams at the ITTF Para Table Tennis World Team Championship 2017.
From left: So Chun-hong, Ng Ka-fung, Tang Yik-chun and Tsui Chi-ho (athletics)
Athletics
The athletics team won 2 silver and 1 bronze medal at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships. This was Hong Kong’s best-ever result at the regional championships, and the fourth consecutive time that the men’s 4x100m relay team won a medal in the event.
From left: Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet
Badminton
Mixed doubles pair Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet became Hong Kong’s first Superseries Premier winners, after beating the Rio Olympic Champions in the semi-final and the World No.1 pair in the final at the Danisa Denmark Open 2017. The junior team also won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals at the Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships 2017, including a first-ever gold for Ko Shing-hei and Yeung Pui-lam in the U17 mixed doubles.
Robbie Capito (billiard sports)
Billiard Sports
Hong Kong junior athletes won 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the Formosa Cup ACBS Asian Pool Championships 2017. The gold was Hong Kong’s first in Asian Pool Championships history – won by Robbie Capito in the boys’ 9-ball pool singles.
Cheung Ka-long (left, fencing)
Fencing
Hong Kong fencers won 2 silver and 6 bronze medals on home soil in the Asian Fencing Championships 2017. This was the first time that each Hong Kong fencer has won one or more medals in the Championships. The fencing team also won a historic 13 medals – over double the tally the team had won in each previous year since 2014 – at the Asian Under 23 Fencing Championships 2017.
More achievements of HKSI Scholarship Athletes at Multi-Sports Games and international competitions are detailed in Annex 1 and Annex 2.
HKSAR Government 2017 Honours List
Lee Wai-sze (right, cycling)
Ng On-yee (billiard sports)
In recognition of their significant contributions to Hong Kong, four Scholarship Athletes and a Director of the Board of the HKSI were honoured in the HKSAR Government’s 2017 Honours List.
| Honours | Recipients |
|---|---|
Bronze Bauhinia Star | Lee Wai-sze MH - Cycling Ng On-yee MH - Billiard Sports |
Medal of Honour | Leung Yuk-wing - Boccia |
Justice of the Peace | Mr Richard Yuen Ming-fai GBS - Director, HKSI Board Fu Ka-chun MH - Billiard Sports |
Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards 2017
Recipients of the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards
Recipients of the Hong Kong Junior Sports Stars Awards
Recipients of the Hong Kong Sports Stars Award for Team-Only Sport
Recipients of the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards for Team Event
Recipients of the Hong Kong Most Promising Sports Stars Awards
Recipient of the Hong Kong Sportsmanship Sports Stars Award
Always an eagerly anticipated highlight of the sporting calendar, the Samsung 2017 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards Presentation Ceremony, organised by the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC), was held on 27 March 2018 to recognise local athletes for their outstanding performances in major international competitions during 2017.
World number one women’s snooker player Ng On-yee was named “Best of the Best” after receiving the most votes among the eight athletes who won Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards.
A total of 133 nominations were received from 49 National Sports Associations (NSAs) and the winners were selected by votes from the judging panel, the sports media and the public.
| Awards | Recipients |
|---|---|
Samsung Best of the Best Hong Kong Sports Stars Award | Ng On-yee - Billiard Sports |
Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards | Ng On-yee - Billiard Sports Lee Wai-sze - Cycling Cheung Ka-long - Fencing Siobhan Haughey - Swimming Wong Chun-ting - Table Tennis He Jianxin - Wushu Ng Mui-wui - Table Tennis# Yu Chui-yee - Wheelchair Fencing* |
Hong Kong Junior Sports Stars Awards | Robbie Capito - Billiard Sports Chan Yin-fei - Fencing Nicholas Bezy - Sailing Mak Cheuk-wing - Windsurfing Michelle Yeung - Wushu Leung Chung-yan - Table Tennis# |
Hong Kong Sports Stars Award for Team Only Sport | Hong Kong Cricket National Men’s Squad |
Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards for Team Event | Wong Chun-ting, Doo Hoi-kem Wu Siu-hong, Mak Cheuk-yin, Tseng Tak-hin |
Hong Kong Most Promising Sports Stars Awards | Yang Qianyu - Cycling Hsieh Sin-yan - Fencing Chan Kin-lok - Swimming Ngai Wai-yan - Windsurfing Debbie Yeung - Wushu |
Hong Kong Sportsmanship Sports Stars Award | Liu Xuxu - Wushu |
| * | Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled |
| # | Hong Kong Sports Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability |
Sports for Hope Foundation
Outstanding Junior Athlete Awards 2017
OJAA presented awards to recognise junior athletes with outstanding performance.
OJAA presented awards to recognise junior athletes with outstanding performance.
OJAA presented awards to recognise junior athletes with outstanding performance.
Seventy-two junior athletes received recognition through Sports for Hope Foundation Outstanding Junior Athlete Awards (OJAA) for outstanding performances in 2017, with a further 28 receiving the Certificate of Merit. Amongst them, Robbie Capito (billiard sports), Mak Cheuk-wing (windsurfing) and Yim Ching-hei (athletics – HKSAPID#) had the best sporting results in the year and received the Most Outstanding Junior Athletes awards. The Hong Kong Table Tennis Association received the Most Supportive National Sports Association award for the seventh consecutive year.
Organised by the HKSI and sponsored by the Sports for Hope Foundation since 2012, with support from the SF&OC and the Hong Kong Sports Press Association, the OJAA recognises the achievements of outstanding local junior athletes under the age of 19 on a quarterly basis.
| Recipients | Certificate of Merit |
|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | |
Badminton Chan Yin-chak Fencing Chan Yin-fei Squash Chan Sin-yuk Table Tennis Poon Yat | Cycling Leung Chung-pak Tennis Ng Ki-lung |
| 2nd Quarter | |
Athletics Chan Pui-kei Billiard Sports Robbie Capito Netball Hong Kong National U21s Team1 Table Tennis Chong Kai-ning Tennis Denton Ho | Gymnastics Chan Cheuk-lam Triathlon Hung Cheuk-yi Windsurfing Cheng Ho-yin |
| 3rd Quarter | |
Karatedo Lo Sum-man Korfball Hong Kong Youth (U19) Team2 Sailing Nicholas Bezy Squash Chan Sin-yuk Swimming Ho Nam-wai Table Tennis Chan Ho-wah Tennis Yue Ching-ho Triathlon Oscar Coggins Windsurfing Leung Pui-hei Wushu Ng Tsz-chung | Cycling Chu Tsun-wai Dance Sports Chu Wai-chi Finswimming Jasmine Claire Farrer Golf Chan Cheuk-yee Life Saving Yue Wing-suet Swimming Wong Cho-ying Taekwondo Lui Ching-nam Triathlon Ng Tai-long |
| 4th Quarter | |
Badminton Ko Shing-hei Billiard Sports Robbie Capito Boccia Cheung Yuen* Equestrian Chan Yin-yau Karatedo Cheng Hui-pan Lawn Bowls Ha Yat-ting Swimming Hui Ka-chun# Table Tennis Chau Wing-sze Tennis Wong Hoi-ki Windsurfing Cheng Ching-yin | Dance Sports Jerry Lee Rowing Hung Wing-yan Skating Kwok Tsz-fung Triathlon Oscar Coggins |
| 1 | Team members were Niamh Davies, Fung Hoi-ching, Theerawan Hanronnachai, Lam Yiu-wai, Li Ka-wing, Megan Sahmet, Tai Ka-yan, Aliya Tupper, Carla Yang, Yiu Yim-wa and Ada Ytterdal. |
| 2 | Team members were Chan Wai-fai, Cheung Ying-ching, Ho Ka-ki, Lam Wing-ka, Lam Tsz-wing, Leung Ho-tin, Man Tsz-hong, Pang Ping-yin and Yau Ka-yi. |
| * | Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled |
| # | Hong Kong Sports Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability |