Steven Patrick Marie Josee Wong (; born on 28 April 1988) is a BMX cyclist for
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 ...
.
Steven Wong was born to a Hong Kong Chinese father and Belgian mother. he has a little sister and grew up in Belgium. His father has a restaurant in Belgium. He was invited to race for Belgium but decided to race for Hong Kong instead.
He first raced for Hong Kong at the
2005 China National Games and won the Gold Medal in BMX cycling.
In 2009, he fell at the
2009 China National Games and failed to defend his gold medal.
Then in December 2009 he won the Gold Medal at the
East Asian Games
The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic C ...
. In November 2010 he won the Gold Medal at the
Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
in Guangzhou.
Doping
Wong tested positive for Exogenous Steroids in an out-of-competition test 10 April 2012, and was handed a two-year suspension for doping. Wong claimed that his positive test was due to a skin cream.
References
External links
Official websiteInterview at the Hong Kong Olympic Council.
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Living people
1988 births
Hong Kong male cyclists
Doping cases in cycling
Chinese sportspeople in doping cases
Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in cycling
Asian Games gold medalists for Hong Kong
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Belgian male cyclists
Belgian people of Hong Kong descent
Cyclists from Turnhout