Cheung Ka-long
Hong Kong fencer
張家朗 · 정가롱
- Born
- 10 June 1997, British Hong Kong
- Citizenship
- British Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- Sport
- fencing
- Occupation
- fencer
- Height
- 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Edgar Cheung Ka-long (Chinese: 張家朗; Jyutping: zoeng1 gaa1 long5; born 10 June 1997) is a Hong Kong left-handed foil fencer, two-time Olympic champion and two-time individual Asian champion, having won the gold medal at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Cheung is the first athlete representing Hong Kong in history to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals and the second to become an Olympic champion, after windsurfer Lee Lai Shan. He is also the fourth non-European and third Asian to do so, after Ramón Fonst, Kim Young-ho, and Lei Sheng.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's foil | 2016 | 14th place |
| fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's team foil | 2020 | 7th place |
| fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's individual foil | 2021 | 1st place (gold) |
Awards and honours
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong 2021
- Gen.T 2022
- Silver Bauhinia Star 2022
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong 2022
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong 2023
- Honorary doctor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q18165090 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.