Grace Lau

Mo-sheung Grace Lau (born 19 October 1991)[1] is a Hong Kong karateka. She is a bronze medalist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships, the Asian Games and the World Beach Games. She is also a three-time medalist at the Asian Karate Championships. She is scheduled to represent Hong Kong in karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3]

Mo-sheung Grace Lau
Personal information
Born (1991-10-19) 19 October 1991
Sport
CountryHong Kong
SportKarate
Event(s)Individual kata
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Hong Kong
World Championships
2018 Madrid Individual kata
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta Individual kata
Asian Championships
2015 Yokohama Individual kata
2019 Tashkent Individual kata
2018 Amman Individual kata
World Beach Games
2019 Doha Individual kata

Career

In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] Later that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[4][5]

She won a medal at the Asian Karate Championships in 2015, 2018 and 2019. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.[6][7]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2018 World Championships Madrid, Spain 3rd Individual kata
2019 World Beach Games Doha, Qatar 3rd Individual kata

References
  1. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  7. "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.


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