Salom Yiu
Personal information | |
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Born | Guangdong, China | 4 February 1988
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Hong Kong |
Sport | Men's Rugby union |
Salom Yiu Kam Shing MH (Chinese: 姚錦成; born 4 February 1988) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. He plays for USRC Tigers RFC, the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens team and the Hong Kong national rugby union team.
Career[]
Salom Yiu started his career after first watching the Hong Kong Sevens from the spectator stands and then doing more research on the sport.[1] He was a member of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens team at the 2009 East Asian Games. He was a Silver medal winner at both the 2009 East Asian Games and the 2010 Asian Games, falling both times to Japan.[2] He became a full-time professional when Rugby Sevens became the first team sport admitted to the Hong Kong Sports Institute in April 2013.[3]
References[]
- ^ Kevin Kaho Tsui (14 March 2013). "Meet the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens Team". .
- ^ "Japan mauls HK to avenge Sevens loss in Borneo". China Daily. 24 November 2010.
- ^ "Elite sevens players get into special program". The Standard (Hong Kong). 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong rugby union players
- Hong Kong international rugby sevens players
- Rugby union players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Rugby union players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Rugby union players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Hong Kong
- Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong
- Asian Games medalists in rugby union
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games