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| KONG Man Wai |
| NOC |
Hong Kong, China
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| Gender | Women |
| Born |
08 Feb 1994
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| Height | 1.79 m |
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Further Personal Information |
| Occupation |
Athlete |
| Higher education |
International Relations - Stanford University: United States |
Sport Specific Information |
| Handedness |
Left |
General Interest |
| Hobbies |
Cooking, playing the piano, painting, yoga. (news.mingpao.com, 14 Nov 2021; Facebook page, 23 Jun 2020; sportsroad.hk, 16 Jun 2020) |
Sport Specific Information |
| When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began fencing at age 11. |
Further Personal Information |
| Languages |
Cantonese, English, Mandarin |
Sport Specific Information |
| Why this sport? |
She tried a number of sports, including dancing and taekwondo, before finding fencing. "I was interested in taekwondo and so I did it all the way until I was age 11 and I got my black belt. But then my mother still wanted me to dance and in between she made me do ice skating. I liked it, but I was not so good at it. And then my father stepped in and said, 'Why don't you try fencing?' Fencing is like the ballet of sports, it is very elegant and I really, really liked it." |
General Interest |
| Hero / Idol |
Romanian fencer Ana Maria Popescu. (fie.org, 03 Aug 2016) |
| Injuries |
She underwent surgery after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her right knee at the 2019 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (news.mingpao.com, 28 Jul 2019; hk01.com, 28 Jul 2019)
In August 2017 she underwent surgery on the ACL in her left knee. (metropop.com.hk, 11 Apr 2018) |
| Awards and honours |
She was named the 2019 Female Athlete of the Year by the Hong Kong Sports Press Association. (scmp.com, 18 Nov 2020)
She was flag bearer for Hong Kong, China at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (AG Entries, 18 Aug 2018) |
Sport Specific Information |
| Name of coach |
Zheng Kangzhao, CHN; Octavian Zidaru, ROU |
General Interest |
| Nicknames |
Vivian, Queen of Swords (Instagram profile, 18 Feb 2023; news.mingpao.com, 28 Jul 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
| Club / Team |
Hong Kong Sports Institute [HKSI]: Hong Kong, CHN |
General Interest |
| Most influential person in career |
Her friends and family. (olympics.com, 15 Apr 2020) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto |
"I'm always sad when I lose but I try to recover as quickly as possible and get back to training." (olympics.com, 15 Apr 2020) |
Further Personal Information |
| Residence |
Hong Kong, CHN |
General Interest |
| Ambitions |
To compete at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, and at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (hk01.com, 16 Feb 2023, 19 Oct 2021) |
| Other information |
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. (law.cuhk.edu.hk, 14 Jun 2022) |
| Olympic Games |
| 2020 |
Quarterfinal |
Individual Epee |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 2020 |
7 |
Team Epee |
Tokyo, Japan |
| World Championships |
| 2023 |
5 |
Individual Epee |
Milan, Italy |
| 2023 |
8 |
Team Epee |
Milan, Italy |
| 2022 |
3 |
Individual Epee |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2022 |
7 |
Team Epee |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2014 |
Quarterfinal |
Individual Epee |
Kazan, Russia |
| Asian Championships |
| 2023 |
1 |
Individual Epee |
Wuxi, China |
| 2023 |
2 |
Team Epee |
Wuxi, China |
| 2022 |
1 |
Individual Epee |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2022 |
2 |
Team Epee |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2019 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 |
1 |
Individual Epee |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2018 |
2 |
Team Epee |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2017 |
2 |
Individual Epee |
Hong Kong, China |
| 2017 |
4 |
Team Epee |
Hong Kong, China |
| 2016 |
6 |
Individual Epee |
Wuxi, China |
| 2015 |
4 |
Team Epee |
Singapore, Singapore |
| 2011 |
4 |
Team Epee |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
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