{"id":117858,"date":"2021-09-04T19:20:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T11:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/?post_type=press&#038;p=117858"},"modified":"2021-09-10T10:24:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T02:24:43","slug":"cuhk-congratulates-alumnus-wong-kwan-hang-on-claiming-silver-in-tokyo-paralympics","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/press\/cuhk-congratulates-alumnus-wong-kwan-hang-on-claiming-silver-in-tokyo-paralympics\/","title":{"rendered":"CUHK Congratulates Alumnus Wong Kwan Hang on Claiming Silver in Tokyo Paralympics"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-117858","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"title_alt":"","sub_title_alt":"","press_date":"20210904","keep":false,"details":"<p>Wong Kwan Hang, an alumnus of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and his teammates won a silver medal\u00a0for Hong Kong\u00a0in the mixed pair boccia BC4 event at the Tokyo Paralympic Games today.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Professor Rocky S. Tuan, Vice-Chancelllor and President of CUHK congratulated him on winning the silver medal, \u201cKwan Hang has made impressive achievements through his determination and perseverance. The University is excited and proud of Kwan Hang, who has not only distinguished himself in sports, but has also performed brilliantly in academics. It is my sincere hope that Kwan Hang will continue to excel and bring honour to Hong Kong in the future!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Wong Kwan Hang graduated from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Class of 2017) and\u00a0received a\u00a0Postgraduate Diploma in Education.\u00a0He was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at a young age, and\u00a0began his life in a wheelchair.\u00a0Nonetheless, he never gave up on himself.\u00a0In the hope of mitigating his health conditions, he began playing boccia starting in secondary school to train his muscles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Since the beginning of his 13-year boccia journey, Wong Kwan Hang has continued to achieve outstanding results.\u00a0In 2009, he clinched gold in his very first match in Asian Youth Para Games BC4 Pairs.\u00a0\u00a0After that, he won individual championships in BISFed Boccia World Open Sevilla and Bangkok 2017, and double golds in Asia-Oceania Bocce Championships 2017 and 2019. His team was elected \u201cSports Team of the Year\u201d in 2014 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","show_as_achievement":true,"achievement_category":["alumni"],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":[{"photo":117864,"caption":"Wong Kwan Hang competing in Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games. (Photo from Chung Chi Campus Newsletter Vol.51 No.17)"},{"photo":117865,"caption":"Wong Kwan Hang (Photo from Chung Chi Campus Newsletter Vol.51 No.17)"}],"attachments":null,"video_source":"","video_file":"","add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":0,"photos_original":null,"attachments_original":null,"cover_photo":117864,"fb_photo":null,"cover_image":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/117858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/117858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118053,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/117858\/revisions\/118053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}