Steven Wong
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Steven Patrick Marie Josee Wong (traditional Chinese: 王史提芬) born on 28 April 1988 in Dessel
Dessel
Dessel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. On January 1, 2006 Dessel had a total population of 8,773 inhabitants...

, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, is a BMX cyclist for 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...

.

Steven Wong was born to a Hong Kong father and Belgian mother and grew up in Belgium. His father is a restaurateur in Belgium. He was invited to race for Belgium but decided to race for Hong Kong instead.

He first raced for Hong Kong at the 2005 China National Games
10th National Games of the People's Republic of China
The 10th National Games of the People's Republic of China was a multi-sport event that was held in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, from 12–23 October 2005....

 and won the Gold Medal in BMX cycling.

In 2009, he fell at the 2009 China National Games
11th National Games of the People's Republic of China
The 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China was held in various cities in Shandong from October 16 to October 28, 2009. Represented were 33 sports, 43 disciplines and 362 events, including 4 winter sports which were held in Shenyang, Changchun and Qingdao between January and April...

 and failed to defend his gold medal.

Then in December 2009 he won the Gold Medal at the East Asian Games
2009 East Asian Games
The 2009 East Asian Games, officially known as the V East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Hong Kong, between 5 December and 13 December 2009. A total of 2,377 athletes from 9 East Asian national competed in 262 events in 22 sports...

. In November 2010 he successfully won the Gold Medal at the Asian Games
Cycling at the 2010 Asian Games
Cycling at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China. Road bicycle racing was held at the Triathlon Venue from November 20 to 23, while track cycling was contested at Guangzhou Velodrome from November 13 to 17 and mountain biking was contested at Dafushan Mountain Bike Course at November 18...

in Guangzhou.

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