Choi Ki Ho (; born 5 May 1991, 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 Delta i ...
) is a Hong Kong cyclist.
Choi placed first in the
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics Madison in Beijing, and won the 2010
Tour de Berne
Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Berne, Switzerland with races for men and women.
Men's event
The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Co ...
in
Aigle
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, Switzerland. At the
2010 UCI Road World Championships
The 2010 UCI Road World Championships took place in Geelong and Melbourne, Australia, over 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2010. It was the 83rd UCI Road World Championships and the first time that Australia had held the event. Coincid ...
, held in
Melbourne
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, he placed thirty-fourth in the
under-23 road race.
He competed for Hong Kong in the men's omnium at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
Choi retired at the end of the 2013 season to pursue business studies.
2011 Tour of Korea
Choi Ki Ho won the
Tour de Korea
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at the age of 19 on 24 April 2011, becoming the youngest cyclist to do so.
"Choi wins Tour de Korea"
''The Korea Herald''. 24 April 2011. He completed the nine-stage race, a total distance of 1,335.9 kilometers, in a cumulative time of 33 hours 54 minutes 45 seconds. Austrian Markus Eibegger of Tabriz Petrochemical Team was 29 seconds behind, followed by American Dugan Williams of Sanofi Aventis, a professional team, clocking 33:55:22.
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1991 births
Living people
Hong Kong track cyclists
Hong Kong male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Hong Kong
Asian Games medalists in cycling
Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games