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Edgar Cheung Ka-long
張家朗
Cheung in 2016
Personal information
Born (1997-06-10) 10 June 1997 (age 26)
Hong Kong
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
CountryHong Kong
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
HandLeft-handed
ClubHong Kong Sports Institute
Head coachGrégory Koenig
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Domestic ranking1
Cheung Ka-long
Traditional Chinese張家朗

Edgar Cheung Ka-long (Chinese: 張家朗; Jyutping: zoeng1 gaa1 long5; born 10 June 1997) is a Hong Kong left-handed foil fencer, two-time individual Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.

Cheung is the first athlete representing Hong Kong in history to win an Olympic gold medal in fencing and the second to become an Olympic champion.

Career

Cheung Ka Long was born to parents who both played national league basketball in Hong Kong. He took up fencing in the fourth grade. In 2013, he was named Hong Kong's Most Promising Young Athlete at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards. In 2014, he was named an Outstanding Junior Athlete by the Hong Kong Sports Institute; he won a bronze in team foil at the Asian Fencing Championships and at the Asian Games that same year. In 2015, he earned two bronzes, one in individual foil and another in team foil during the Asian Fencing Championships. In 2016, he won gold and a bronze in team in the Asian Fencing Championships. At the Olympics in foil, he defeated Heo Jun in the round of 32 before losing to Guilherme Toldo in the round of 16, finishing 14th overall. In 2017, Cheung won gold in individual foil at the Junior World Championships. He then earned a silver medal in individual foil and a bronze in team foil in the Asian Fencing Championships. In 2018, he won a silver in team foil at the Asian Fencing Championships along with a bronze in individual foil and a silver in team foil at the Asian Games. In 2019, he earned a silver medal in the Turin Grand Prix, a bronze in the Anaheim Grand Prix as well as a silver in individual foil and a bronze in team foil at the Asian Fencing Championships.

In 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics, Cheung and Tse Ying Suet were the flag bearers for Hong Kong. In foil, he defeated Julien Mertine in the round of 32, 2018 world champion Alessio Foconi in the round of 16, Kirill Borodachev in the quarterfinals and Alexander Choupenitch in the semifinals. In the final he faced the reigning Olympic champion Daniele Garozzo; after trailing 1–4 he fought back to win by a score of 15–11. This was Hong Kong's first Olympic gold medal in fencing and its second-ever gold.

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 1st

World Championship

Year Location Event Position
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd
2023 Italy Milan, Italy Team Men's Foil 3rd

Asian Championship

Year Location Event Position
2014 South Korea Suwon, South Korea Team Men's Foil 3rd
2015 Singapore Singapore Individual Men's Foil 3rd
2015 Singapore Singapore Team Men's Foil 3rd
2016 China Wuxi, China Individual Men's Foil 1st
2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong Individual Men's Foil 2nd
2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong Team Men's Foil 3rd
2018 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Team Men's Foil 2nd
2019 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 2nd
2019 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Foil 3rd
2022 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 1st
2022 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Team Men's Foil 3rd
2023 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil 3rd

Grand Prix

Date Location Event Position
2019-02-08 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd
2019-03-15 United States Anaheim, California Individual Men's Foil 3rd
2023-03-19 South Korea Busan, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 2nd

World Cup

Date Location Event Position
2017-05-05 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Men's Foil 3rd
2017-10-20 Egypt Le Caire, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd
2019-05-05 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Team Men's Foil 2nd
2020-02-23 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Foil 3rd
2022-01-15 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 1st
2023-01-12 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd
2023-05-06 Mexico Acapulco, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 2nd

Impact

The term "Ka-long effect" was coined after his historic gold in the Tokyo Olympics. Fencing schools witnessed a surge in calls from parents wanting their kids to take up lessons, as the sport received a huge boost in popularity.


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