Barton Lui Pan-To

Pan-To Barton Lui
Personal information
Birth name Lui Pan-To
Born April 8, 1993 (1993-04-08) (age 25)
Hong Kong
Sport
Sport Short track speed skating

Barton Lui Pan-To[1] (Chinese:呂品韜, born April 8, 1993 in Hong Kong) is a short track speed skater who has competed since 2010.[2] Barton Lui has also qualified to compete for Hong Kong at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.[3] By doing so he became the first male athlete to qualify from Hong Kong in short track speed skating, and has also carried the flag during the opening ceremony.[3][4]

Life

Lui grew up in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong.[3] He is fluent in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin.[2]

Career

Lui began short-track skating training at age 10 in Hong Kong. However, due to lack of venue for proper training, he moved to Vancouver in his teens for training.[2] Later, he moved to train in Changchun, Jilin in China before moving to train at Korea National Sports University in Seoul, South Korea in 2012. He became a member of Hong Kong's official skating team in 2008. His international competition debut took place in 2010 World Championships in the 1000m event. His first medal was won at the 2012 Asian Junior Championships. At November's 2012 World Cup Championship in Turin and Kolomna, Russia, he qualified for the 1500m event for the short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He is currently the record holder in 500m, 1000m, and 1500m in short track speed skating for Hong Kong.[3]

Personal records

DistanceNationCityDateRecord Time
500 meters  RussiaKolomnaNovember 14, 201341.771
1000 meters  ChinaShanghaiSeptember 27, 20131:28.268
1500 meters  ItalyTurinNovember 9, 20132:15.111

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Barton Lui (full name: Pan-To "Barton" Lui)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Biographical data for: Pan-To Barton Lui". International Skating Union.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Kung, Kevin (12 January 2014). "Skater Barton Lui first Hong Kong man to compete at Winter Olympics". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lui Pan To Barton qualified for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games Sochi". Hong Kong Skating Union. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
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