Hong Kong at the Paralympics
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Hong Kong made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, and has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.[1]
Hong Kong has won a total of 92 Paralympic medals, of which 32 gold, 27 silver and 33 bronze. The country's first gold medals came in 1984, when Hong Kong won the women's 4 × 400 m Relay in categories 2-5 in athletics. Mui Y. L. also won an individual gold in the women's 1,500m, category 3; and Fung Yuet Wah took gold in the women's individual foil (categories 4-5) in wheelchair fencing. Table tennis was the source of all three gold medals won in 1992, as Hong Kong players won the women's team event in category 5, the men's team in category 4, and Kwong Kam Shing won the men's singles in category 5. In 1996, it was the men's 4 × 100 m relay (T34) which yielded gold in athletics, accompanying four gold medals in men's wheelchair fencing events. Wheelchair fencing has provided gold medals for Hong Kong in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, as has athletics. Lai Wai Ling added a gold medal in table tennis (category 11) in 2000, whereas boccia provided two gold in 2004, and one in 2008. Hong Kong's most successful competitors, with five gold medals each, are Yu Chui Yee, Chan Yui Chong and Fung Ying Ki, all in wheelchair fencing.[2]
Medallists
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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 Gold | - |  1984 Stoke Mandeville New York |  Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 m relay C2 - 5 |
| Gold | Mui Y.L | 1984 Stoke Mandeville New York | Athletics | Women's 1,500m C3 |
| Gold | Fung Yuet Wah | 1984 Stoke Mandeville New York | .svg.png){kind=small} Wheelchair fencing | Women's individual foil C4 - 5 |
| Gold | - |  1992 Barcelona |  Table tennis | Women's team event C5 |
| Gold | - | 1992 Barcelona | Table tennis | Men's team event C4 |
| Gold | Kwong Kam Shing | 1992 Barcelona | Table tennis | Men's singles C5 |
| Gold | - |  1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay T34 |
| Gold | Lai Wai Ling |  2000 Sydney | Table tennis | Singles C11 |
| Gold | Kwok Hoi Ying Karen |  2008 Beijing | .svg.png){kind=small} Boccia | Women's mixed individual BC2 |
| Gold | Chan Yui Chong | 2008 Beijing | Wheelchair fencing | Women's individual foil B Women's individual épée B |
| Gold | So Wa Wai | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's 200m T36 |
| Gold | Yu Chui Yee | 2008 Beijing | Wheelchair fencing | Women's individual foil A |
 Silver | Leung Yuk Wing | 2008 Beijing | Boccia | Men's mixed individual BC4 |
| Silver | Yu Chui Yee | 2008 Beijing | Wheelchair fencing | Women's individual épée A |
| Silver | Hui Charn Hung | 2008 Beijing | Wheelchair fencing | Men's individual sabre B |
 Bronze | So Wa Wai | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's 100m T36 |
| Bronze | Fan Pui Shan | 2008 Beijing | Wheelchair fencing | Women's individual épée A Women's individual foil A |
| Gold | Wong Ka Man | 2012 London | Table tennis | Women's individual C11 |
| Gold | Yu Chui Yee | 2012 London | Wheelchair fencing | Women's foil A Women's épée A |
| Silver | So Wa Wai | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 200m T36 |
| Silver | Yeung Chi Ka | 2012 London | Table tennis | Women's individual C11 |
| Silver | Tam Chik Sum | 2012 London | Wheelchair fencing | Men's épée B |
| Bronze | Au Kai Lun | 2012 London |  Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S14 |
| Bronze | Chan Yui Chong | 2012 London | Wheelchair fencing | Women's épée B |
| Bronze | Chan Wing Kin | 2012 London | Wheelchair fencing | Men's sabre A |
| Bronze | Leung Shu Hang | 2012 London |  Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB14 |
| Bronze | Yu Chui Yee, Chan Yui Chong, Fan Pui Shun | 2012 London | Wheelchair fencing | Women's team épée open |
| Bronze | Chan Wing Kin, Chung Ting Ching, Wong Tang Tat | 2012 London | Wheelchair fencing | Men's team foil open |
See also
References
- ↑ Hong Kong at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ↑ Hong Kong at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee