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Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Martial artist, actor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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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.[1]
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.[2][3] A year later, he became the first world champion in nanquan at the 1991 World Wushu Championships.[4] Leung then won a bronze medal in the 1993 World Wushu Championships Kuala Lumpur[5] and a silver medal at the 1993 East Asian Games.[6] 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.[7][8] While representing the SAR of Hong Kong, he first achieved a silver medal victory in the 1997 World Wushu Championships in Rome.[9] For his last competition, Leung won the silver medal in men's nanquan at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.[10]