Leung Yat Ho
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| Born | 1968 (age 56–57) Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Martial artist, actor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Nanquan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Guangxi Wushu Team (1979-1984) Guangdong Wushu Team (1984-1989) Hong Kong Wushu Team (1989-1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yu Liguang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leung Yat Ho (Chinese: 梁日豪; pinyin: Liángrìháo; born: 1968) is a former actor and wushu taolu athlete from Hong Kong. He was a two-time world champion in nanquan and was also a triple silver medalist at the Asian Games.[1]
In 1989, Leung moved to Hong Kong to pursue a career in acting. He continued to seriously train wushu at this time, and won the silver medal in men's nanquan at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.[2][3] A year later, he became the first world champion in nanquan at the 1991 World Wushu Championships.[4] Leung then won a bronze medal in the 1993 World Wushu Championships Kuala Lumpur[5] and a silver medal at the 1993 East Asian Games.[6] A year later, he won a silver medal in men's nanquan in the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. At the 1995 World Wushu Championships in Baltimore, he was once again the world champion in nanquan.[7][8] While representing the SAR of Hong Kong, he first achieved a silver medal victory in the 1997 World Wushu Championships in Rome.[9] For his last competition, Leung won the silver medal in men's nanquan at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.[10]
Filmography
- Outlaw Brothers (1990)
- The Revenge of Angel (1990)
- Wei Si Li zhi ba wang xie jia (1991)
- Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
- Once Upon a Time in China IV (1994)
- The Kung Fu Master (TV series) (1994)
- Shi cheng shen tan (1995)
- Kuang ye san qian xiang (1996)
- Another Meltdown (1998)
