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CHOI Chun Yin Ryan

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Rank20
Pts65.000
Age27
HandL
LicenseValid

Personal Information

Residence Hong Kong, China

Occupation Athlete

Languages Cantonese, English

Higher education Accounting - The University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HKG

License number 09101997000

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
World Cup--11
Tokoname (JAPAN), 2023-12-08
Zone Championships--11
Seoul (KOREA), 2022-06-12
Grand Prix-112
Incheon (KOREA), 2022-05-13Shanghai (CHINA), 2019-05-17

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing in grade four of primary school.

Why this sport? His mother forced him to go to a fencing lesson. "I didn't really want to go, but my mother made me because it was run by a friend of hers and they wanted more students. But, after the class, I loved it and wanted to continue."

Club / Team Hong Kong Sports Institute [HKSI]: Hong Kong, HKG

Name of coach Gregory Koenig, FRA

Handedness Left

General Interest

Hero / Idol US fencer Race Imboden. (sportsroad.hk, 02 Sep 2019)

Sporting philosophy / motto "You always pass failure on your way to success." (sportstar2014.hkolympic.org, 16 Jan 2014)

Awards and honours In 2021 he was named Male Athlete of the Year by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong, China. (hkelite.org, 01 Jul 2021)

He was flag bearer for Hong Kong, China at the opening ceremony of the 2019 World University Games in Naples, Italy. (scmp.com, 04 Jul 2019)

In 2014 he received a Hong Kong Junior Sports Stars Award from the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. (hksi.org.hk, 18 Mar 2015)

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