Nickname
Stone (Instagram profile, 13 Sep 2021)
Hobbies
Sports, singing, driving. (Facebook page, 03 Apr 2020)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Sport Studies - Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CHN
Spoken languages
Cantonese, English
Club
Hong Kong Sports Institute [HKSI] [Hong Kong, CHN]
Coach
Sergiy Agafontsev [national], UKR
International senior debut
2004 for Hong Kong, China (FIG, 08 Jan 2010)
Injuries
A positive COVID-19 test while competing at the 2022 World Cup event in Cottbus, Germany, forced him to withdrew from the competition and miss the following event in Doha, Qatar. He could not regain fitness in time and also had to skip the event in Cairo, Egypt. (scmp.com, 09 Mar 2022; asianewsday.com, 20 Mar 2022)
He sustained a broken medial ligaments injury his ankle during the preliminary round of the men's vaulting competition at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The injury did not prevented him from competing at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, later in the year, although he could only perform one jump and had to withdrew due to pain. (thestandnews.com, 31 Aug 2021; scmp.com, 24 Jul 2021; hk01.com, 20 Oct 2021)
In 2016 he underwent surgery after sustaining a rotator cuff injury in one of his shoulders. (cuhk.edu.hk, 01 Oct 2021; news.mingpao.com, 25 Apr 2016)
He sustained ligament damage to his right shoulder while competing at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. He decided not to undergo surgery on the injury until after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (scmp.com, 06 Nov 2015)
Start sporting career
He got involved in gymnastics at age six. (scmp.com, 27 Sep 2014)
Reason for taking up the sport
He was inspired to take up the sport after watching gymnastics on television. (scmp.com, 27 Sep 2014)
Milestones
He became the first male gymnast to represent Hong Kong, China at the Olympic Games when he competed at the 2012 Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Jul 2017; scmp.com, 12 Jan 2012)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (sportsroad.hk, 25 Jul 2021)
Hero / Idol
Chinese artistic gymnast Zou Kai. (sportsroad.hk, 06 Aug 2014)
Awards
In 2018 and 2019 he was named Best Athlete by the Hong Kong Sports Press Association. (scmp.com, 18 Nov 2020; hd.stheadline.com, 18 Nov 2020; hk01.com, 21 Mar 2019)
In 2014 and 2015 he was named Gymnastics Sports Star of the Year by the Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. (scmp.com, 21 Mar 2016; sportstar2017.hkolympic.org, 01 Jan 2016)
He was a torch bearer as the Olympic torch relay made its way through Hong Kong, China ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (Facebook page, 05 Jun 2018)
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