Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | 1968 (age 56–57) Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Martial artist, actor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 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
|
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. A year later, he became the first world champion in nanquan at the 1991 World Wushu Championships. Leung then won a bronze medal in the 1993 World Wushu Championships Kuala Lumpur and a silver medal at the 1993 East Asian Games. A year later, he won a silver medal in men's nanquan in the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. At the 1995 World Wushu Championships in Baltimore, he was once again the world champion in nanquan. While representing the SAR of Hong Kong, he first achieved a silver medal victory in the 1997 World Wushu Championships in Rome. For his last competition, Leung won the silver medal in men's nanquan at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.
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
- "Medallists". Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- "Wushu results-11th Asian Games Competition" (PDF). Japan Wushu Federation. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- "Leung goes all out to master old rival". South China Morning Post. 1993-02-05. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- "The 1st World Wushu Championships" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- "World Wushu Championships 1993 Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
- Walker, Jeremy (1993-05-16). "Leung disappointed as China find new champ". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- Alladin, Unus (1995-08-22). "Leung reclaims golden moment". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- "1995 World Wushu Championships Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
- "1997 World Wushu Championships Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
- 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
World Champions in men's nanquan | |
---|---|
|
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Chinese wushu practitioners
- Chinese male martial artists
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong
- Asian Games medalists in wushu
- Wushu practitioners at the 1990 Asian Games
- Wushu practitioners at the 1994 Asian Games
- Wushu practitioners at the 1998 Asian Games
- Hong Kong male martial artists
- Hong Kong wushu practitioners
- World champion wushu athletes