Vivian Kong

Vivian Kong Man Wai (born 8 February 1994) is a Hong Kong left-handed épée fencer, three-time individual Asian champion, and two-time Olympian.[1][2][3]

Vivian Kong Man-wai
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 30)
Hong Kong
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryHong Kong
SportFencing
Rank1st
EventÉpée
Coached byOctavian Zidaru
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (2023)

Career

Kong competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She became the first fencer from Hong Kong to win a World Cup title when she won the FIE Women's Épée World Cup in Havana, Cuba in January 2019.[4]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's épée event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.[5]

Medal record

World Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2019 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Épée3rd[6]
2022 Cairo, EgyptIndividual Women's Épée3rd[7]

Grand Prix

DateLocationEventPosition
2017-05-26 Bogotá, ColombiaIndividual Women's Épée2nd[8]
2023-01-29 Doha, QatarIndividual Women's Épée3rd[9]
2023-05-07 Cali, ColombiaIndividual Women's Épée1st[10]
2024-01-31 Doha, QatarIndividual Women's Épée1st[11]

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
2014-07-02 Leipzig, GermanyIndividual Women's Épée3rd[12]
2016-05-20 Legnano, ItalyIndividual Women's Épée3rd[13]
2018-01-19 Havana, CubaIndividual Women's Épée3rd[14]
2018-09-11 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Women's Épée2nd[15]
2019-11-01 Havana, CubaIndividual Women's Épée1st[16]
2019-08-02 Barcelona, SpainIndividual Women's Épée1st[17]
2019-05-17 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesIndividual Women's Épée3rd[18]
2022-12-10 Vancouver, CanadaIndividual Women's Épée2nd[19]
2023-05-19 Fujairah, United Arab EmiratesIndividual Women's Épée2nd[20]
2024-02-10 Barcelona, SpainIndividual Women's Épée1st[21]

Asian Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2011 Seoul, South KoreaTeam Women's Épée3rd
2014 Suwon City, South KoreaTeam Women's Épée3rd[22]
2015 Singapore, SingaporeTeam Women's Épée3rd
2016 Wuxi, ChinaTeam Women's Épée3rd[23]
2017 Hong Kong, ChinaIndividual Women's Épée2nd[24]
2017 Hong Kong, ChinaTeam Women's Épée3rd[25]
2018 Bangkok, ThailandIndividual Women's Épée1st[26]
2018 Bangkok, ThailandTeam Women's Épée2nd[27]
2019 Chiba, JapanTeam Women's Épée3rd[28]
2022 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Épée1st[29]
2022 Seoul, South KoreaTeam Women's Épée2nd[30]
2023 Wuxi, ChinaIndividual Women's Épée1st[31]
2023 Wuxi, ChinaTeam Women's Épée2nd[32]

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