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Han Jing: the swordswoman who won the Macau SAR its first World Wushu gold after the handover
Han Jing
A wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China, born in mainland China in 1973. Trained on the Beijing Wushu Team, she transferred to Macau in 2000 and, at the 2003 World Wushu Championships held on home soil, won jianshu (sword) gold — the first World Wushu Championships gold for the Macau SAR after the 1999 handover — adding further medals at the Asian Games, World Championships and East Asian Games.
Lei Fei: from world wushu champion to the screen — the cross-over Macau athlete known as "Jewel Lee"
Lei Fei
A wushu taolu athlete turned actress, known by the stage name Jewel Lee. Born in Guangxi, China in 1975, she was recruited to Macau in 1993 to help build its competitive wushu program. She won nanquan silver at the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games, world titles at the 1995 and 1999 World Wushu Championships, and was runner-up at the 1996 Miss Macau pageant before moving into film and business.
Paula Carion: the Macanese karateka who won multiple Asian Games medals for Macau
Paula Carion
A Macau-born Macanese karateka from the Carion family, one of Macau's oldest. She won the women's kumite gold at the 2005 East Asian Games hosted in Macau and took kumite bronze at three Asian Games (2006, 2010, 2014), among the most decorated karate athletes for Macau; she received a government honorary title in 2014 and works as a court translator.
Zhang Shaoling: the weightlifter who lifted Macau onto the World Championship podium
Zhang Shaoling
A women's weightlifter for Macau, China, born in Macau in 1984 and competing mainly in the 69 kg class. She won gold at the 2009 Asian Championships and the 2009 Hong Kong East Asian Games, and took bronze in the 69 kg class at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships — a rare World-Championship medal for Macau weightlifting.
Hoi Long: she cannot hear the starting gun, yet she won Macau its first Asian Games triathlon medal
Hoi Long
A triathlete for Macau, China who lost her hearing in both ears at five months old after a medical accident, and who competes as an amateur while holding a government job. At the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games she won bronze in the women's triathlon — Macau's first-ever Asian Games medal in the sport.
Jia Rui: the wushu master who won Macau its first-ever Asian Games gold
Jia Rui
A wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China specialising in changquan, daoshu and gunshu. At the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games he won the men's daoshu/gunshu all-round gold — the first Asian Games gold medal in Macau's history — and is a multiple World Wushu Championships gold medallist.
Sou Soi Lam: the karateka who won Macau's best Asian Games karate result
Sou Soi Lam
A karateka representing Macau, China, specialising in women's individual kata. At the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games she won silver in women's kata — Macau's best-ever Asian Games result in karate — and has competed at the World Karate Championships and the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
Iong Kim Fai: the Macau hurdler who won Lusophony Games gold
Iong Kim Fai
A Macau-born athlete in the 110m hurdles. He won the 110m hurdles gold at the 2014 Lusophony Games in Goa — a rare multi-sport-Games gold for Macau — and holds the Macau 110m hurdles record (14.23), with several appearances at the World Athletics Championships. After retiring he coaches athletics in Macau.
Choi Sut Ian: the diver who won Macau's first Asian Games medal in the sport
Choi Sut Ian
A Macau-born diver specialising in the women's 3m springboard and 3m synchro. At the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games she won bronze in the women's 3m springboard — Macau's first-ever Asian Games medal in diving (and in an aquatic sport) — and medalled several times at the East Asian Games. She was part of Macau's first diving training programme and graduated in journalism from the University of Macau.
Huang Junhua: the two-time world champion of Macau nanquan
Huang Junhua
A wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China specialising in the southern events — nanquan, nandao and nangun. A two-time World Wushu Championships gold medallist (nangun 2015, nandao 2017), he won the men's nanquan/nangun all-round gold at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, Macau's second-ever Asian Games gold.
Li Yi: Macau's first female Asian Games gold medallist
Li Yi
A wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China specialising in changquan, jianshu and qiangshu. At the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games she won the women's changquan gold — becoming the first woman to win an Asian Games gold for Macau — and is a multiple World Wushu Championships gold medallist, honoured with the Silver Lotus Medal.
Wong Sok I: the karateka who fought Macau onto the Asian Games podium
Wong Sok I
A karateka for Macau, China, born in 1993 and competing in the women's kumite 55 kg division. She won bronze in women's kumite 55 kg at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games and bronze again in the same division at the 2019 Tashkent Asian Karate Championships, and is a senior mainstay of Macau's karate team.
Zhu Yuling: former world No. 1 table tennis player, now representing Macau, China
Zhu Yuling
A table tennis player born in Sichuan, China, a former mainstay of China's national team who rose to world No. 1. During her China career she won multiple Asian Championships and World Tour titles. From 2024 she gained Macau residency through a talent-admission scheme and began representing Macau, China internationally, bringing top-tier strength to Macau table tennis.
Chao Man Hou: "Macau's Frog King", the first Macau man to reach an Asian Games swimming final
Chao Man Hou
A Macau-born swimmer specialising in breaststroke, nicknamed "Macau's Frog King". At the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games he reached the men's breaststroke finals — the first Macau man to make an Asian Games swimming final — and has repeatedly broken Macau records. A University of Macau graduate, he has been a flag bearer for Macau's delegation.
Sou Cho Man: the Macau-born double world wushu champion
Sou Cho Man
A Macau-born wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China, born in 1997 and competing across changquan, gunshu, daoshu and jianshu. At the 2023 World Wushu Championships she won gold in both changquan and gunshu to become a double world champion, and is one of the leaders of Macau's current wushu team.
Song Chi Kuan: 2023 World Wushu Championships sword champion and one of Macau's leading taolu athletes
Song Chi Kuan
A wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China specialising in changquan, jianshu and qiangshu. He became a world champion with the jianshu (sword) gold at the 2023 World Wushu Championships, took the men's changquan bronze at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games — one of Macau's four medals at those Games — and added a changquan gold at the 2024 Taolu World Cup in Yokohama.
Chan Kin Wa: "Macau's fastest man", breaker of long-standing records
Chan Kin Wa
A Macau-born sprinter nicknamed "Macau's fastest man". He has rewritten the Macau records in the 100m, 200m and 60m, his 100m of 10.53 breaking a thirty-year-old Macau record. A University of Macau student, he is a leading figure of Macau's new generation of athletes.
Cai Feilong: the fighter who won an Asian Games sanda silver for Macau
Cai Feilong
A wushu sanda athlete representing Macau, China, and a member of the Macau sanda team since 2017. At the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games (held in 2023) he took silver in the men's 75 kg sanda final, losing to an Iranian fighter — one of Macau's four medals at those Games and a landmark result for the territory in the combat discipline.