Grace Lau Mo-sheung (; born 19 October 1991) is a Hong Kong
karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
ka. She won bronze in the women’s kata event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Japan, becoming the first Hong Kong athlete to win an Olympic medal in
karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
. She is a three-time medallist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. She is also a medallist in this event at the
Asian Games
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and the
World Beach Games
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. She is a six-time medalist, including gold, at the
Asian Karate Championships
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.
Career
She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the
2015 Asian Karate Championships
The 2015 Asian Karate Championships are the 13th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Yokohama, Japan from September 4 to September 6, 2015.
Medalists
Men
Women
Medal table
ReferencesResultswomen's kata event at the
2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...
held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Later that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the
2018 World Karate Championships
The 2018 World Karate Championships were the 24th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from November 6 to November 11, 2018.
Medalists
Men
Women
Medal table
Participating nations
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held in Madrid, Spain.
She won a medal at the Asian Karate Championships in 2015, 2018 and 2019. At the
2019 Asian Karate Championships
The 2019 Asian Karate Championships were the 16th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from July 19 to July 21, 2019.
In the women's 68 kg event, the gold medalist Nodira Djumaniyazova of Uzbekist ...
held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.
In 2020, she qualified to represent Hong Kong at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Japan. She defeated
Dilara Bozan
Dilara Bozan (born 28 March 1997) is a Turkish karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's individual kata event at the Islamic Solidarity Games. She is also a nine-time medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships.
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of Turkey with a score of 26.94 and won the bronze medal in the women’s kata event. She was also the flag bearer for Hong Kong during the
closing ceremony
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. A few months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event at the
2021 World Karate Championships
The 2021 World Karate Championships were held from 16 to 21 November 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Medalists Men
Women
Medal table
References
External linksResults book
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held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the
Asian Karate Championships
The Asian Karatedo Championships are the highest level of competition for sport karate in Asia. The competition is held in a different country every two years organized by the Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Kara ...
held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
She won the bronze medal in the women's kata event at the
2022 World Games
The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines of Olympic sports and other competitions ...
held in Birmingham, United States.
In July 2023, she won the gold medal in her event at the
Asian Karate Championships
The Asian Karatedo Championships are the highest level of competition for sport karate in Asia. The competition is held in a different country every two years organized by the Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Kara ...
held in Malacca, Malaysia. In October 2023, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the
2022 Asian Games
The 2022 Asian Games (), officially known as the 19th Asian Games (), also known as Hangzhou 2022, ( zh, c=杭州2022, p=Hángzhōu Èr líng èr èr), will be a multi-sport event celebrated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Hangzhou will be the t ...
held in Hangzhou, China. In the same month, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the
2023 World Karate Championships
The 2023 World Karate Championships was held from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
Iranian team's visa problems
The visas of 21 Iranian karateka were not issued for various reasons. These karatekas were present in the men's kata an ...