Leung Yat Ho
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Martial artist, actor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Nanquan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Guangxi Wushu Team (1979-1984) Guangdong Wushu Team (1984-1989) Hong Kong Wushu Team (1989-1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yu Liguang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leung Yat Ho (Chinese: 梁日豪; pinyin: Liángrìháo; born: 1968) is a former actor and wushu taolu athlete from Hong Kong. He was a two-time world champion in nanquan and was also a triple silver medalist at the Asian Games.
Competitive wushu career
In 1989, Leung moved to Hong Kong to pursue a career in acting. He continued to seriously train wushu at this time, and won the silver medal in men's nanquan at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.[1] A year later, he became the first world champion in nanquan at the 1991 World Wushu Championships.[2] Leung then won a bronze medal in the 1993 World Wushu Championships Kuala Lumpur,[3] silver medal in the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, and was once again the world champion at the 1995 World Wushu Championships in Baltimore.[4] While representing the SAR of Hong Kong, he first achieved a silver medal victory in the 1997 World Wushu Championships in Rome.[5] For his last competition, Leung won the silver medal in men's nanquan at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.[6]
Filmography
- Outlaw Brothers (1990)
- The Revenge of Angel (1990)
- Wei Si Li zhi ba wang xie jia (1991)
- Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
- Once Upon a Time in China IV (1994)
- The Kung Fu Master (TV series) (1994)
- Shi cheng shen tan (1995)
- Kuang ye san qian xiang (1996)
- Another Meltdown (1998)
See also
References
- ^ "Wushu results-11th Asian Games Competition" (PDF). Japan Wushu Federation. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The 1st World Wushu Championships" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "World Wushu Championships 1993 Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "1995 World Wushu Championships Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "1997 World Wushu Championships Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sallay, Alvin (1998-12-18). "Ng adds gold, Leung silver as SAR enjoys wushu success". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
External links
- Leung Yat-ho at IMDb
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