Hai Choi Lam | |
Birth Place: | Xiangshan, Zhejiang, China |
Sport: | Wushu |
Event: | Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu |
Team: | Zhejiang Wushu Team (1978-1987) Hong Kong Wushu Team (1987-1990) |
Hai Choi Lam is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete originally from Zhejiang, China, who represented British Hong Kong in international competition.
In 1973, Hai was selected for the Ningbo Juvenile Sports School wushu team and five years later in 1987 he joined the Zhejiang Wushu Team as a professional athlete.
In 1987, Hai was recruited to join the Hong Kong Wushu Team. He made his international debut at the 1987 Asian Wushu Championships where he won a silver medal in daoshu, and bronze medals in changquan and gunshu,[1] [2] thus winning the bronze medal in the all-around event. A year later, he participated in the 1988 International Invitational Wushu Championships and won silver medals in all his events and the all-around event, all under Zhao Changjun. He achieved the same medals result a year later at the 1989 Asian Wushu Championships with all of his silver medals under Yuan Wenqing.[3] [4] Hai's last competition was at the 1990 Asian Games where he won the bronze medal in the men's changquan all-around event.[5] [6]
Outside of competitive wushu, Hai opened the Hong Kong Wushu School in 1992. In 2006, he founded the Hong Kong International Wushu Competition which continues to this day and has become a major wushu competition in Asia.[7]