Samuei Hui Explained

Samuei Hui
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:6 June 1997
Occupation:Martial artist, athlete
Height:1.76m
Sport:Wushu
Event:Tai chi, taijijian
Team:Hong Kong Wushu Team
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Samuei Tak-Yan Hui (; born: June 6, 1997) is a wushu taolu athlete from Hong Kong.

Career

Hui made his international debut at the 2015 World Wushu Championships where he placed seventh in both tai chi and taijijian.[1] A year later at the 2016 Asian Wushu Championships, he won the gold medal in tai chi.[2] At the 2017 World Wushu Championships, Hui won medals in tai chi and taijijian.[3] At the 2018 Asian Games, he finished in a four-way tie for second in tai chi and a three-way tie for fourth in taijijian, thus ending in a fourth place ranking in the all-around tai chi event.[4] A year later at the 2019 World Wushu Championships, he became the world champion in men's taijijian.[5]

In 2023 at the 2021 Summer World University Games, Hui won the gold medal in men's taijijian, the first gold medal for Hong Kong at the Games.[6] [7] He additionally won a bronze medal in tai chi.[8] [9]

Competitive history

YearEventTJQTJJQS
2015World Championships77
2016Asian Championships88
2017World Championships
2018Asian Games244
World Cup
2019World Championships88
2020did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic
2023World University Games

References

  1. Web site: 2015-11-18 . 13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191024004245/http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/13th-World-Wushu-Championships-2015-Jakarta-Indonesia-Sanda-Results-merged.pdf . 2019-10-24 . International Wushu Federation.
  2. Web site: 2016 . 第9回アジア武術選手権大会 . 9th Asian Wushu Championships . 14 September 2021 . Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation . ja.
  3. Web site: 2017-10-03 . 14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128070700/http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/14th-World-Wushu-Championships-2017-_Kazan-Russia_Results.pdf . 2020-11-28 . International Wushu Federation.
  4. Web site: Wushu Technical Handbook . 25 August 2018 . Asian Games 2018 . Jakarta.
  5. Web site: 2019-10-23 . 15th World Wushu Championships, Shanghai, China, Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191126151656/http://www.iwuf.org:80/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/%E7%AC%AC%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%94%E5%B1%8A%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%AD%A6%E6%9C%AF%E9%94%A6%E6%A0%87%E8%B5%9B_%E6%88%90%E7%BB%A9%E5%86%8C.pdf . 2019-11-26 . International Wushu Federation.
  6. News: 2023-07-29 . Samuel Hui wins first gold for HK in university games . . 2023-09-23.
  7. News: 2023-07-29 . Samuel Hui clinches first gold for HK in Chengdu Universiade . . 2023-09-23.
  8. News: 2023-07-30 . Hong Kong grab two wushu bronzes at University Game . . 2023-09-23.
  9. News: Hui . Sophie . 2023-07-31 . Wushu squad lifts SAR in Chengdu . . 2023-09-23.

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