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Dennis To
To in 2018
Born	(1981-01-01) 1 January 1981 (age 43) Hong Kong
Occupation(s)	Actor, martial artist
Years active	2007–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	杜宇航
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dù Yǔháng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Dou6 Jyu5-hong4
Musical career
Also known as	To Yu-hang, To Yu Hang
Musical artist

Medal record
Men's Wushu Taolu
Representing  Hong Kong
World Championships
	1999 Hong Kong	Changquan
	2001 Yerevan	Changquan (new)
	2001 Yerevan	Daoshu (new)
	2003 Macau	Daoshu
	2003 Macau	Duilian
	2001 Yerevan	Gunshu (new)
	2003 Macau	Changquan
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	CQ All-Around
East Asian Games
	2005 Macau	Changquan

Dennis To Yu-hang (born 1 January 1981) is a Hong Kong martial artist and actor. He started his career as a wushu practitioner and won several awards at various competitions, including a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games and a gold medal at the 2005 East Asian Games. He became an actor in 2007 and started by playing minor roles in Ip Man (2008), Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) and Ip Man 2 (2010). He is best known for his role as the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the 2010 film The Legend Is Born – Ip Man.

Career

To started practising wushu at the age of six in the Hong Kong Wushu Union's classes. He attended Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. After graduating from school, To joined the Hong Kong Wushu Team and started participating in wushu competitions. In 1999, at the age of 18, To won a gold medal in Changquan at the 1999 World Wushu Championships, becoming the youngest wushu champion in Hong Kong. He also won various medals at the 2001 and 2003 World Wushu Championships. In 2002, he won a silver medal in Changquan at the 2002 Asian Games. In 2005, To, together with Chan Siu-kit and Chow Ting-yu, won a gold medal in duilian at the East Asian Games.

To took part in the Hong Kong leg of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay as one of the 120 torchbearers in Hong Kong.

To joined the entertainment industry in 2007. He is an artiste under National Arts Holdings Limited. To made his debut in a minor role in the 2008 film Ip Man, directed by Wilson Yip and starring Donnie Yen, and he also appeared in the sequel Ip Man 2 (2010). Later, in 2010, he was cast as the lead character, Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man, in the 2010 film The Legend Is Born – Ip Man.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Wushu

Film

References

1. ^ "Wushu team to promote HK in Canada". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
2. ^ "Wushu Performance 2006". Hong Kong School Sports Programme Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
3. ^ "List of medalists at the Olympic Main Site". Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
4. ^ Wan, Freda; Kin-wa, Chan. "Wushu wonders strike gold for HK". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
5. ^ Scoops Guild. "To Yu Hang on Joining Grandmaster Yip Man". wu-jing.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. "NATIONAL ARTS (08228.HK) Company Profile".
7. Dennis To at douban.com
8. Dennis To at chinesemov.com

External links

• Dennis To at IMDb
• Dennis To at the Hong Kong Movie Database

• 1981 births
• Living people
• Hong Kong male film actors
• Wing Chun practitioners from Hong Kong
• Hong Kong wushu practitioners
• Asian Games medalists in wushu
• Wushu practitioners at the 2002 Asian Games
• Wushu practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games
• Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong
• Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
• World champion wushu athletes