Hai Choi Lam
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| Born | Xiangshan, Zhejiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Zhejiang Wushu Team (1978-1987) Hong Kong Wushu Team (1987-1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hai Choi Lam (Chinese: 奚财林; pinyin: Xīcáilín) is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete originally from Zhejiang, China, who represented British Hong Kong in international competition.
Career
[edit]In 1973, Hai was selected for the Ningbo Juvenile Sports School wushu team and five years later in 1987 he joined the Zhejiang Wushu Team as a professional athlete.
In 1987, Hai was recruited to join the Hong Kong Wushu Team. He made his international debut at the 1987 Asian Wushu Championships where he won a silver medal in daoshu, and bronze medals in changquan and gunshu,[1][2] thus winning the bronze medal in the all-around event. A year later, he participated in the 1988 International Invitational Wushu Championships and won silver medals in all his events and the all-around event, all under Zhao Changjun. He achieved the same medals result a year later at the 1989 Asian Wushu Championships with all of his silver medals under Yuan Wenqing.[3][4] Hai's last competition was at the 1990 Asian Games where he won the bronze medal in the men's changquan all-around event.[5][6]
Outside of competitive wushu, Hai opened the Hong Kong Wushu School in 1992. In 2006, he founded the Hong Kong International Wushu Competition which continues to this day and has become a major wushu competition in Asia.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "results of first-day asian wushu championships". Xinhua General News Service. Yokohama. Xinhua News Agency. 1987-09-26. 0926150. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ "asian wushu championships conclude in japan". Yokohama. Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 1987-09-27. 0927088. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ "亚洲武术锦标赛落幕 中国选手获男女全能冠军" [Asian Wushu Championships ended, Chinese athletes won the men's and women's all-around championships]. People's Daily (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 1989-12-18. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ Yao, Datian (1989-12-16). "亚洲武术锦标赛开始 中国选手夺得四枚金牌". People's Daily. Hong Kong. Xinhua News Agency. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ "第11回アジア競技大会 武術競技成績結果一覧表" [11th Asian Games Wushu Competition Results List] (PDF). Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ "asiad-medal winners-wushu". Xinhua General News Service. Beijing. 1990-10-04. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ "记「香港国际武术比赛」创办者奚财林" [In honor of Hai Choi Lam, founder of the Hong Kong International Wushu Competition]. 21wushu.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-11-19.