Lisa Cheng (Chinese name: 鄭麗莎, Cheng Lai-sho, born 17 February 1986) is a

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champion body builder and speed climber, known as 'Hong Kong's Spider Girl'.

Career

She is a six-time winner of the Hong Kong

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Championships,Lisa Cheng (interview)
, Time Out HK, 30 Jan 2012 and a six-time winner of the Hong Kong Miss Body Fitness title, from 2006 to 2011.Climbing her way to the top
SCMP, 26 August 2011 In 2010 she won the World Bodybuilding Championship, the first Hong Konger to do so. As a member of the Hong Kong National

Sport Climbing Sport climbing (or Bolted climbing) is a form of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors (or bolts), permanently fixed into the rock for climber protection, in which a rope that is attached to the climber is clipped into the anchors to ...

Team, she won the 2006

International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French language, French name Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA, lit. ''International Union of List of alpine clubs, Alpine Clubs''), was foun ...

Climbing World Cup, the first Chinese female champion in the world. At home, she was Hong Kong Women’s Speed Climbing Champion in every year from 2003 to 2011, as at 2011. She has moved on to develop a multi-discipline career, including in

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. She is licensed as a coach in 10 disciplines, including

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rock climbing Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...

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boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

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aerobics Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness (flexibility, muscular strength, and cardio-vascular fitness). It ...

and

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. Since 2008, she has been a

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and

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and has partnered with others and open her own fitness gym in

Personal life

Cheng was born and raised in

. She grew up in a relatively low income family; and as a teenager would often sneak out of the house while her parents were asleep to hang out with her friends in bars. She was a lost teenager and wasn't extremely bad, but wanted to do what her friends were doing back then. She began climbing, on a wall in a community centre, at age 12, when she found she had an innate skill for it. At 19, she took a three-year diploma in sports management at the

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) is one of the member institutions of the Vocational Training Council (VTC) offering vocational education to post-secondary students in Hong Kong through its nine campi located across the terr ...

, followed by a bachelor's degree in the same field. She was quoted saying:

“I had a hard time catching up with my studies, I didn’t know much about English, plus the textbooks were extremely difficult for me. But I hate to start something without finishing it. Once I choose a road, I must walk until the end.”

After three years’ studying, she managed to graduate ‘with medium scores and no fails’. Outside of competitions, she is a personal trainer and part-time physical education lecturer at the

. On September 20, 2013, she married her boyfriend after two years - Calvin Kong. Their marriage was held in

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Filmography and Theater Act

* ''All's Well Ends Well 2009'' (2009) (film, actor: Kuen) * ''Black Ransom'' (2010) (film, extra/stunt actor) * ''Beating the Classroom'' (2011) (theater, non-verbal physical comedy)
* ''

The Constable ''The Constable'' is a 2013 Hong Kong action drama film written, produced and directed by Dennis Law and starring Simon Yam. Plot Lam Kwok-kuen is a police officer who served for many years in the police force and has many admirable achievement ...

'' (2013) (film, actor) * ''

Dot 2 Dot ''Dot 2 Dot'' (Cantonese 點對點 ''Dim dui dim'') is a 2014 Hong Kong drama film directed by Amos Why, starring Moses Chan, Meng Tingyi, Lam Tze-chung, Susan Shaw Yin-yin and David Siu, first screened at the Hong Kong International Film ...

'' (2014) (film, actor) * ''

Buddy Cops ''Buddy Cops'', also known as ''Holy Beast Cops'' (),"Buddy Cops"
''

Lady Bloodfight ''Lady Bloodfight'' is a 2016 martial arts film directed by Chris Nahon and starring stuntwoman Amy Johnston as an American fighter who travels to Hong Kong to participate in an all-woman Kumite. It is the fifth installment in the ''Bloodspo ...

'' (2016) (film, actor) * ''Agent Mr Chan'' (2018) * ''We Are Legends'' (2019) Lisa Cheng at chinesemov.com
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References

External links

Official site
* Chinese Wikipedia entry {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Lisa Hong Kong bodybuilders Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1986 births