Salom Yiu Kam Shing MH (; born 4 February 1988) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. He plays for

USRC Tigers RFC USRC Tigers (三軍會猛虎欖球會) is a rugby union club based in King's Park, Hong Kong. It arose from the merger between Kai Tak Tigers and DeA Flamingo Rugby Football Club in 1990 to become "DeA Tigers". In 2014, DeA Tigers associated wi ...

, the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens team and the

Hong Kong national rugby union team The Hong Kong national rugby union team, nicknamed the Dragons, is one of the better rugby sides in Asia outside Japan, and has consistently made the repechages of the Rugby World Cup qualifying. Rugby union in Hong Kong is administered by the ...

Career

Salom Yiu started his career after first watching the

Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens () is an rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competition, the Hong Kong Sevens is currently the s ...

from the spectator stands and then doing more research on the sport. He was a member of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens team at the

2009 East Asian Games ) , Host city = Hong Kong , Teams participating = 9 , Athletes participating = 2,377 , Events = 262 events in 22 sports , Opening ceremony = December 5, 2009 , Closing ceremony = December 13, 2009 , Officially opened by = State Councilor L ...

. He was a

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winner at both the

and the

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, falling both times to Japan. He became a full-time professional when Rugby Sevens became the first team sport admitted to the Hong Kong Sports Institute in April 2013. In 2022, He competed for

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at the

Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yiu, Salom 1988 births Living people Hong Kong rugby union players Hong Kong international rugby sevens players Rugby union players at the 2010 Asian Games Rugby union players at the 2014 Asian Games Rugby union players at the 2018 Asian Games Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Hong Kong Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong Asian Games medalists in rugby union Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games