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Vivian Kong

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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)

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]

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

Grand Prix

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

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
2014-07-02Germany Leipzig, GermanyIndividual Women's Épée3rd[12]
2016-05-20Italy Legnano, ItalyIndividual Women's Épée3rd[13]
2018-01-19Cuba Havana, CubaIndividual Women's Épée3rd[14]
2018-09-11Estonia Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Women's Épée2nd[15]
2019-11-01Cuba Havana, CubaIndividual Women's Épée1st[16]
2019-08-02Spain Barcelona, SpainIndividual Women's Épée1st[17]
2019-05-17United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab EmiratesIndividual Women's Épée3rd[18]
2022-12-10Canada Vancouver, CanadaIndividual Women's Épée2nd[19]
2023-05-19United Arab Emirates Fujairah, United Arab EmiratesIndividual Women's Épée2nd[20]
2024-02-10Spain Barcelona, SpainIndividual Women's Épée1st[21]
2024-05-18United Arab Emirates Fujairah, United Arab EmiratesIndividual Women's Épée1st[22]

Asian Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2011South Korea Seoul, South KoreaTeam Women's Épée3rd
2014South Korea Suwon City, South KoreaTeam Women's Épée3rd[23]
2015Singapore Singapore, SingaporeTeam Women's Épée3rd
2016China Wuxi, ChinaTeam Women's Épée3rd[24]
2017Hong Kong Hong Kong, ChinaIndividual Women's Épée2nd[25]
2017Hong Kong Hong Kong, ChinaTeam Women's Épée3rd[26]
2018Thailand Bangkok, ThailandIndividual Women's Épée1st[27]
2018Thailand Bangkok, ThailandTeam Women's Épée2nd[28]
2019Japan Chiba, JapanTeam Women's Épée3rd[29]
2022South Korea Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Épée1st[30]
2022South Korea Seoul, South KoreaTeam Women's Épée2nd[31]
2023China Wuxi, ChinaIndividual Women's Épée1st[32]
2023China Wuxi, ChinaTeam Women's Épée2nd[33]

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