Choi Ki-Ho | |
Fullname: | Choi Ki-Ho |
Birth Date: | 1991 5, df=yes |
Currentteam: | Team Hong Kong |
Discipline: | Track, road |
Role: | Rider |
Amateuryears1: | 2010 |
Amateurteam1: | Centre Mondial du Cyclisme |
Amateuryears2: | 2012 |
Amateurteam2: | Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team |
Amateuryears3: | 2013 |
Amateurteam3: | Team Hong Kong China |
Majorwins: | Tour de Korea (2011) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Choi Ki Ho (; born 5 May 1991, in Hong Kong) 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 in Aigle, Switzerland. At the 2010 UCI Road World Championships, held in Melbourne, he placed thirty-fourth in the under-23 road race.[1]
He competed for Hong Kong in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
Choi retired at the end of the 2013 season to pursue business studies.[3]
Choi Ki Ho won the Tour de Korea at the age of 19 on 24 April 2011, becoming the youngest cyclist to do so.[4] 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.