Fung Ying Ki
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Fung, Ying-ki 馮英騏 is a Paralympic
wheelchair fencer from Hong Kong
, China
. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics
he won three gold medals in the men's individual foil
, team foil, and individual sabre
events and took bronze in team sabre. Four years later at the Athens Paralympics
, he won two golds in individual foil and team sabre and a silver in team foil.
Fung lost the use of his legs as a child after contracting a virus
which damaged his spinal cord
(Actue Transverse Myelitis in 1994 with paraplegia). At age 15, he began practicing wheelchair fencing at a national training facility in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Sports Institute
). After the 2004 Paralympic Games he regained the ability to walk and retired from fencing.
In the months leading up to the 2008 Summer Paralympics
in Beijing
, Fung coached Japan
ese wheelchair fencer Toyoaki Hisakawa
in preparation for the games.
(香港浸會大學) and a MEd in Sports Biomechanics from National Taiwan Normal University
(國立臺灣師範大學). He is a current PhD candidate at Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine
, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (香港中文大學).
In 2010 summer Fung Ying Ki received a Postgraduate Travel Award from International Society on Biomechanics in Sports, and he is commission member of Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine and Sports Science from 2010–present.
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
wheelchair fencer from Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics
2000 Summer Paralympics
The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...
he won three gold medals in the men's individual foil
Foil (fencing)
A foil is a type of weapon used in fencing. It is the most common weapon in terms of usage in competition, and is usually the choice for elementary classes for fencing in general.- Components:...
, team foil, and individual sabre
Sabre (fencing)
The sabre is one of the three weapons of modern sport fencing, and is alternatively spelled saber in American English. The sabre differs from the other modern fencing weapons, the épée and foil, in that it is possible to score with the edge of the blade; for this reason, sabreur movements and...
events and took bronze in team sabre. Four years later at the Athens Paralympics
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...
, he won two golds in individual foil and team sabre and a silver in team foil.
Fung lost the use of his legs as a child after contracting a virus
Virus
A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Viruses infect all types of organisms, from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea...
which damaged his spinal cord
Spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain . The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system...
(Actue Transverse Myelitis in 1994 with paraplegia). At age 15, he began practicing wheelchair fencing at a national training facility in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Sports Institute
Hong Kong Sports Institute
The Hong Kong Sports Institute is a sports institute in the Fo Tan, Sha Tin district of Hong Kong. It was the site of equestrian events of the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:**...
). After the 2004 Paralympic Games he regained the ability to walk and retired from fencing.
In the months leading up to the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, Fung coached Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese wheelchair fencer Toyoaki Hisakawa
Toyoaki Hisakawa
is a Japanese wheelchair fencer.Hisakawa began wheelchair fencing in 1997 after suffering a spinal cord injury. He participated in the 1998, 1999, and 2000 Wheelchair Fencing World Cups as well as the 1999 FESPIC Games in Bangkok...
in preparation for the games.
Education
Fung, Ying-ki was studied in Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin) (沙田蘇浙公學) during the early year and he received a B.A. with honors in Physical Education and Recreation Management from Hong Kong Baptist UniversityHong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Baptist University is a publicly-funded tertiary institution with a Christian education heritage. It is the sole surviving institution of 13 major Christian universities that once operated on the Chinese mainland,...
(香港浸會大學) and a MEd in Sports Biomechanics from National Taiwan Normal University
National Taiwan Normal University
National Taiwan Normal University is an institution of higher learning operating on three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan . NTNU is widely recognized as one of Taiwan's elite institutions of higher education. The university enrolls approximately 11,000 students each year. The ratio of undergraduate to...
(國立臺灣師範大學). He is a current PhD candidate at Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine
CUHK Medical School
The CUHK hosts one of the two medical schools in Hong Kong, with the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong hosting the other medical program....
, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (香港中文大學).
In 2010 summer Fung Ying Ki received a Postgraduate Travel Award from International Society on Biomechanics in Sports, and he is commission member of Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine and Sports Science from 2010–present.
Research Interest
- Classification system in Paralympics Sports
- Cluster analysis
- Computational modeling
- Sports Equipment Technology (SET)
- Muscle mechanics
- Motion analysisMotion analysisMotion analysis is a topic in computer vision, image processing, and machine vision that studies methods and applications in which two or more consecutive images from an image sequences, e.g., produced by a video camera, are processed to produce information based on the apparent motion in the images...
in sports
Published conference abstracts
- Fung YK, Chow BC, Fong DTP, Chan KM (2010). A kinematic analysis of trunk ability in wheelchair fencing: a pilot study. In Proceedings of XXVIII International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (pp. 126–129), Marquette, USA. [Jul 19-23, 2010].
- Fung YK, Chan KM (2010). Functional ability between different categories of wheelchair fencer. In Proceedings of The 3rd HKASMSS Student Conference on Sport Medicine, Rehabilitation and Exercise Science (pp. 21–22), Hong Kong, China. [Jun 19, 2010].
- Fung YK, Shiang TY, Huang CF (2008). Kinetic analysis to poweriser (An energy storage and return spring device). In Proceedings of XXVI International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, (pp. 366–369), Seoul, Korea. [Jul 14-18, 2008].