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Grace Lau Mo-sheung (Chinese: 劉慕裳; born 19 October 1991)[1] is a Hong Kong karateka. She won bronze in the women’s kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, becoming the first Hong Kong athlete to win an Olympic medal in karate.[2][3] She is also a bronze medallist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships, the Asian Games and the World Beach Games. She is also a four-time medalist at the Asian Karate Championships.

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Lau. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Grace Lau and the Chinese-style name is Lau Mo-sheung.

Grace Lau Mo-sheung
Personal information
Native name劉慕裳
Born (1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 (age 30)
Sport
CountryHong Kong
SportKarate
Event(s)Individual kata
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Hong Kong
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Individual kata
World Championships
2018 Madrid Individual kata
2021 DubaiIndividual kata
World Games
2022 Birmingham Individual kata
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta Individual kata
Asian Championships
2015 Yokohama Individual kata
2019 Tashkent Individual kata
2018 Amman Individual kata
2021 Almaty Individual kata
World Beach Games
2019 Doha Individual kata

Career


She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2015 Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan. In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] Later that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[4][5]

She won a medal at the Asian Karate Championships in 2015, 2018 and 2019. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.[6][7]

In 2020, she qualified to represent Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8][9] She defeated Dilara Bozan of Turkey with a score of 26.94 and won the bronze medal in the women’s kata event.[3] She was also the flag bearer for Hong Kong during the closing ceremony.[10] A few months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[11] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[12][13]

She won the bronze medal in the women's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[14]


Achievements


YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2015 Asian Championships Yokohama, Japan 2nd Individual kata
2018 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 3rd Individual kata
Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 3rd Individual kata
World Championships Madrid, Spain 3rd Individual kata
2019 Asian Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2nd Individual kata
World Beach Games Doha, Qatar 3rd Individual kata
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 3rd Individual kata
World Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates 3rd Individual kata
2021 Asian Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan 3rd Individual kata
2022 World Games Birmingham, United States 3rd Individual kata

References


  1. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. Palmer, Dan (5 August 2021). "Sanchez the history-maker as karate makes highly-anticipated Olympic debut". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "HK's Grace Lau captures bronze in kata competition". rthk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  8. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "List of closing ceremony flag bearers" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  11. "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  12. Houston, Michael (21 December 2021). "Bronze medals won on penultimate day of Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  14. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.



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Grace Lau Mo-sheung (19 ottobre 1991) è una karateka hongkonghese, bronzo olimpico a Tokyo 2020.


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