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Chun Lai Yu

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Hong Kong, China
Athletics
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
T36

Further personal information

Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Cantonese

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up athletics in 1994 in Hong Kong, China.
Why this sport?
She was introduced to the sport by coach Choi Hei Fung, who had noticed her muscular physique.
Club / Team
Hong Kong Sports Institute: Hong Kong, CHN

General interest

Memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019)
Hero / Idol
Hong Kong Para sprinter So Wa Wai. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019)
Awards and honours
She received the Kappa 2018 Outstanding Athlete Award in the athletics category in Hong Kong, China. (hkparalympic.org, 03 Dec 2018)

She has been named an Outstanding Athlete by the Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled. (hkparalympic.org, 01 Jan 2007)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sportsroad.hk, 10 Oct 2018)
Impairment
At age five she contracted a high fever that resulted in cerebral palsy, which predominantly affects the right side of her body. (wenweipo.com, 20 May 2007)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Athletics World Championships Birmingham 1998 (Birmingham, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m T36 Heat 1 2
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 5
Women's 200 m T36 Heat 1 2
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 4
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 6
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 5
IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 4
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 5
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 6
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 5
IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 3
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 5
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 3
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 3
Women's 400 m T36 Final Round 3
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Heat 2 2011-01-22 2
Women's 200 m T36 Final 2011-01-23 6
Women's 100 m T36 Heat 1 2011-01-25 5
Women's 100 m T36 Final 2011-01-26 6
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 2012-09-01 6
Women's 200 m T36 Heat 1 2012-09-01 4
Women's 100 m T36 Heat 1 2012-09-08 5
World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final 1 2017-07-18 6
Women's 100 m T36 Final 1 2017-07-20 5