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(Redirected from Yuk Wing Leung) Hong Kong Paralympic boccia player

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Leung.
Leung Yuk Wing
Personal information
Born (1984-12-13) 13 December 1984 (age 40)
British Hong Kong
Sport
SportBoccia
Disability classBC4
Medal record
Men's boccia
Representing  Hong Kong
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Individual BC4
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Pairs BC4
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual BC4
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Individual BC4
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Pairs BC4
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Pairs BC4
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Individual BC4
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Individual BC4
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Pairs BC4
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Pairs BC4
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Individual BC4
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Individual BC4

Leung Yuk-wing (Chinese: 梁育榮; born 13 December 1984) is a Hong Kong boccia player. He first competed for Hong Kong at the Summer Paralympics in 2004. As of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Leung has three gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal.

Career

Leung won two gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. He won a silver medal four years later at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won a gold medal. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the individual event and a silver medal in the pairs event.

References

  1. Chan, Kin-wa (17 September 2016). "Bowling them over: Leung Yuk-wing strikes boccia gold for Hong Kong at Paralympic Games". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. "【東京殘奧代表介紹．硬地滾球】梁育榮" [ Leung Yuk Wing]. Sportsroad (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 16 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. White, Jonathan (4 September 2021). "Tokyo Paralympics: Hong Kong boccia bowlers celebrate for silver against Slovakia". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 4 September 2021.


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