Lai Chun Ho (; born February 5, 1989, in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

) is a

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

sprint athlete who competes internationally for

.Athlete biography: Lai Chun Ho
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008 In July 2008, Lai Chun Ho snatched gold in the

2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships The 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 13th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 12 to 15 July at the Madya Stadium in Jak ...

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with a time of 10.46 seconds. He then teamed up with

Tsui Chi Ho Tsui Chi Ho (; born 17 February 1990) is a Hong Kong sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 100 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Tsui Chi Ho competed in the 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Jakarta, winning bronze in both the 1 ...

, Tong Hang and Chan Kei Fung to take bronze in the 4 × 100 m relay for Hong Kong. Lai represented Hong Kong at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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. He competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 7th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran the distance in a time of 10.63 seconds. Lai Chun-ho is a member of the sprint team that also includes Yip Siu-keung, Leung Ki-ho and Lawrence Ho who won bronze in the men's 4 × 100 m relay at the

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Èr líng yī yī Nián xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì), the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Dì Èrshíl ...

in Shenzhen. At the

2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall in Hangzhou, China, between 18 and 19 Febru ...

held in

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in February, Lai Chun Ho took the silver medal in the men's 60 metres sprint event with 6.78 seconds. Lai is also a member of the team that ran in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay race in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London. The team recorded 38.61 seconds in heat 2 and failed to make it to the final.

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Hong Kong Olympic Committee 2012 Olympics athletes profile
1989 births Living people Hong Kong male sprinters Olympic athletes of Hong Kong Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Hong Kong Asian Games bronze medalists for Hong Kong Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists for Hong Kong Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{hongKong-athletics-bio-stub