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 w ...

, the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens team and the

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. He has also represented Hong Kong China Rugby at fifteen a-side rugby, gaining 49 caps. He made his debut on 16th December 2009 in a 17-5 loss to The Czech Republic in Prague. If he had not been unavailable due to his Sevens rugby commitments, he would have played over 80 games for Hong Kong.

Career

Salom Yiu started his career after first watching the

Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens ( zh, t=香港國際七人欖球賽, link=no) is a 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 competiti ...

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 The 2009 East Asian Games, officially known as the V East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that hosted by Hong Kong, between 5 December and 13 December 2009. A total of 2,377 athletes from 9 east asia, East Asian national compet ...

. 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) was the former quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it consisted of men's and women's tournaments, and was 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 sevens players at the 2010 Asian Games Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Asian Games Rugby sevens 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 Hong Kong international rugby union players