Fung Ying-ki (; 7 February 1980 – 2 November 2023) was a Hong Kong

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wheelchair fencer. At the

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he won three gold medals in the men's individual

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, team foil, and individual

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events and took bronze in team sabre. Four years later at the Athens Paralympics, he won two golds in individual foil and team sabre and a silver in team foil. Fung lost the use of his legs as a child after contracting a

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which damaged his

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(Actue Transverse Myelitis in 1994 with paraplegia). At age 15, he began practicing wheelchair fencing at a national training facility in Hong Kong (

Hong Kong Sports Institute The Hong Kong Sports Institute () is a sports institute located in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is mandated to provide training to athletes, and also offers academic qualification in the field of sports training. The institute sponsors ...

). After the 2004 Paralympic Games he relearned to walk with lower limbs sensation deficiency and retired from fencing. In the months leading up to the

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, Fung coached

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ese wheelchair fencer Toyoaki Hisakawa in preparation for the games. In later years, he started participating in wheelchair marathon. He completed his first full marathon in Osaka, Japan in 2011. Then in 2012, he completed the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon and was the first local wheelchair racer to complete the entire course. In 2013, he won the wheelchair half-marathon for the same event. He hoped that the increasing profile of wheelchair events locally could provide more opportunities and choices to the athletes with disabilities in Hong Kong. Fung died on 2 November 2023, at the age of 43.一代輪椅劍擊名將馮英騏離逝　終年43歲

Education

Fung Ying-ki studied at

Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin) Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin) ( zh, 沙田蘇浙公學), abbreviated as KCCS or KCCST, is one of the secondary schools in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Reg ...

during his early years and he received a B.A. with honors in Physical Education and Recreation Management from

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded tertiary liberal arts education, liberal arts institution with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage. It was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of Ame ...

(香港浸會大學) and a MEd in Sports Biomechanics from

National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; ), or ''Shīdà'' is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and Lin ...

(國立臺灣師範大學). He was also a graduate of the first cohort of Master in Physiotherapy degree (MPT) in

Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded ...

in 2013. He was a PhD candidate at Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology,

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university and ...

(香港中文大學). In the summer of 2010, Fung Ying Ki received a Postgraduate Travel Award from International Society on Biomechanics in Sports, and he was commission member of Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine and Sports Science from 2010 to 2012. Meanwhile, he was one of the classification committee member of International Paralympic Committee (IPC) from 2010 to 2014.

Research interest

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Sports *

Cluster analysis Cluster analysis or clustering is the task of grouping a set of objects in such a way that objects in the same group (called a cluster) are more similar (in some sense) to each other than to those in other groups (clusters). It is a main task of ...

Computational modeling Computer simulation is the process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer, which is designed to predict the behaviour of, or the outcome of, a real-world or physical system. The reliability of some mathematical models can be dete ...

*Sports Equipment Technology (SET) *Muscle mechanics *

Motion analysis Motion analysis is used in computer vision, image processing, high-speed photography and machine vision that studies methods and applications in which two or more consecutive images from an image sequences, e.g., produced by a video camera or high ...

in sports

Published conference abstracts

# Fung YK, Chan MS, Lee YS, Shiang TY (2017
The comparison of EMG characteristics and metabolic cost between walking and running near preferred transition speed
Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 12(2), xxx-xxx # Chung MML, Chan WYR, Fung YK, Fong SMS, Lam SLS, Lai WKC, Ng SMS (2014)
Reliability and validity of alternate step test times in subjects with chronic stroke
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 46, 969-974 # Chan DKC, Fung YK, Xing S, Hagger MS (2014)
Myopia prevention, near work, and visual acuity of college students: integrating the theory of planned behavior and self-determination theory.
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 37(1), 369-380 # Fung YK, Chan DKC, Caudwell KM, Chow BC (2013)
Is the wheelchair fencing classification fair enough? A kinematic analysis among world-class wheelchair fencers.
European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity, 6(1), 17-29 # Chung, WM, Fung YK (2012). Sports medicine for the physically disabled. The Hong Kong Medical Diary, 16(12), 20-22 # Chan DKC, Fung YK, Hagger MS (2012). Motivation for myopia prevention: a preliminary test of the trans-contextual model. Psychology and Health, 27, 18-19 # Yung PSH, Fung YK, Chung MML, Wong CWY, Fong DTP, Chan KM (2010). Clinical practice of thumb kinematics analysis for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - a pilot study. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (pp. 96), Hong Kong, China. 27–28 Nov 2010 # Yung PSH, Chan YW, Fung YK, Chung MML, Fong DTP, Chan KM (2010). An inexpensive functional finger prosthesis with rebounded type progressive hinge lock. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (pp. 95), Hong Kong, China. 27–28 Nov 2010 # Yung PSH, Chung MML, Fung YK, Fong DTP, Chan KM (2010). A portable pressure meter for scoliosis brace fitting. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (pp. 93), Hong Kong, China. 27–28 Nov 2010 # Fong DTP, Chan YYW, Fung YK, Wong CWY, Hung LK, Liao WH (2010). An inexpensive functional finger prosthesis. In Proceedings of SMART - Sports Medicine And Rehabilitation Therapy 2010 Convention (pp. 10–11), Hong Kong, China. Oct 2010 # Fung YK, Chow BC, Fong DTP, Chan KM (2010)
A kinematic analysis of trunk ability in wheelchair fencing: a pilot study.
In Proceedings of XXVIII International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (pp. 126–129), Marquette, USA. 19–23 Jul 2010 # Fung YK, Chan KM (2010). Functional ability between different categories of wheelchair fencer. In Proceedings of the 3rd HKASMSS Student Conference on Sport Medicine, Rehabilitation and Exercise Science (pp. 21–22), Hong Kong, China. 9 Jun 2010 # Fung YK, Shiang TY, Huang CF (2008)
Kinetic analysis to poweriser (An energy storage and return spring device)
In Proceedings of XXVI International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, (pp. 366–369), Seoul, Korea. 14–18 Jul 2008

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fung, Ying Ki 1980 births 2023 deaths Hong Kong male foil fencers Paralympic wheelchair fencers for Hong Kong Wheelchair fencers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair fencers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Hong Kong Paralympic silver medalists for Hong Kong Paralympic bronze medalists for Hong Kong Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in wheelchair fencing Alumni of Hong Kong Baptist University National Taiwan Normal University alumni Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong male sabre fencers