Lee Wai-sze

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Lee Wai-sze Road cycling
Lee Wai-sze with the World Cup silver medal in the Keirin (2018)
Lee Wai-sze with the World Cup silver medal in the Keirin (2018)
To person
Full name Sarah Lee Wai-sze
Date of birth May 12, 1987
nation Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong
discipline train
Most important successes
UCI track world championships
2019 World Champion - Sprint, Keirin
2018 silver - Keirin
2017 bronze - Sprint
2013 World Champion - 500 meter time trial
Last updated: January 19, 2019
Lee at the 2010 World Track Championships
Lee's likeness on the Hong Kong tram ("Ding Ding") , which was used to advertise the 2017 World Railroad Championships in Hong Kong.

Sarah Lee Wai-sze ( Chinese  李慧 詩  /  李慧 诗 , Pinyin Lĭ Huìshī , Jyutping Lei 5 Wai 6 si 1 ; born May 12, 1987 in Hong Kong ) is a track cyclist from Hong Kong who specializes in short-term disciplines. At the 2012 Olympics , she won the first cycling medal for her country.

Athletic career

Lee Wai-sze comes from the Ngau Tau Kok district of Hong Kong in Kowloon . She grew up in poor conditions and lived with her family of five in an approximately 20 square meter (200  ft² ≈ 18.6  m² ) council flat on the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate . Although she has congenital anemia , she was successful in various sports at school. In 2003 she took part in a talent-finding program and was accepted into a full-time program for cyclists in 2004. At the age of 16 she represented Hong Kong for the first time in an international cycling competition. In 2009, she wanted to give up cycling after falling during street training because of a stray dog ​​and having had three operations. She had to stop exercising for a year.

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2010 in Ballerup Lee Wai launched Sze in all four short-term events: the 500-meter time trial , she was 11, in the Keirin 19th in Sprint 21 and the Team Sprint 10, together with Zhaojuan Meng . At the Asian Games in Guangzhou in the same year, she won the gold medal in the time trial. In 2011 she won the Asia Cup in two disciplines, the sprint and the team sprint, again with Zhaojuan Meng.

In 2012 Lee was Asian champion in the sprint. At the Olympic Games in London she was the flag bearer of her team and won the bronze medal in the Keirin . This was Hong Kong's first Olympic cycling medal. At the 2012/13 Track Cycling World Cup , she won the overall sprint and keirin standings. In 2013 she became world champion in the time trial in Minsk , she won bronze in the sprint and won the gold medal in the sprint at the East Asian Games. In the national championships she won in three disciplines, in the sprint, in the keirin and in the 500-meter time trial .

In 2016 Lee Wai-sze was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . After a fall, she finished seventh in the keirin and sixth in the sprint.

In November 2016, Lee started the second run of the Track Cycling World Cup 2016/17 and won three medals: gold in the sprint and - within a few hours - silver in the time trial and bronze in the Keirin. Her triple success was overshadowed by the fact that her trainer Pu Linjun ( 普林 俊 ) had died around three weeks earlier after a heart attack at the age of 46.

At the Asian Cycling Championships 2017 , Lee Wai-sze won four medals: gold in the sprint, keirin and 500 meter time trial as well as silver in the team sprint with Vivian Ma Wingyu ( 馬詠茹  /  马咏茹 ). This made her the most successful female athlete in these championships. At the UCI Track World Championships 2017 in front of a home crowd in Hong Kong, she won the bronze medal in the sprint, and the following year she won silver at the Track World Championships in Keirin. In the same year she was Asian champion in three disciplines and won two disciplines at the Asian Games .

In 2019 Lee Wai-sze won six rounds of track cycling world cups ; In the 2018/19 season she won the overall ranking in the Keirin and in the 2019/20 season the overall ranking in the sprint. In 2020 she was again Asian champion ; the championships were held in autumn 2019 because of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo . At the UCI Track World Championships 2020 in Berlin , she finished third in the sprint.

Miscellaneous

Lee Wai-sze is considered a sports idol in Hong Kong.

Wai-sze is a devout Baptist . She complained several times that she did not have enough time to go to church and get involved in a community because of her heavy competition and training workload. In 2013 she graduated from an online theology school .

successes

2010
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2019/20
2020

Web links

Commons : Lee Wai-sze  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Zhao Liangfeng: Lee Wai Sze: Hong Kong's Famous Racing Cyclist. In: All China Women's Federation - 中華 全國 婦女 聯合會  /  中华 全国 妇女 联合会 . June 5, 2013, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Hong Kong Flag Bearer of the London Olympics disclosed. In: 2012og.hkolympic.org. July 21, 2012, accessed September 25, 2019 (Chinese, English).
  3. ↑ Delegation List - Hong Kong China Delegation. In: 2012og.hkolympic.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019 (Chinese, English).
  4. ↑ a b c If Lee Wai-sze wants to quit, then let her do so with dignity she deserves. In: scmp.com. September 29, 2017, accessed May 1, 2020 .
  5. ^ Cyclist Sarah Lee in tears after death of coach and personal starter Pu Linjun. In: SCMP . October 27, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 .
  6. ↑ 【再見 普 教練】 香港 單 車隊 短途 教練 普林 俊 因病 離世 - Farewell Coach Pu - Hong Kong's cycling team short-distance coach Lin Pujun has died due to illness. In: www.sportsroad.hk. October 27, 2016, Retrieved September 25, 2019 (Chinese).
  7. ^ Lee sheds tear on podium for late coach. In: The Standard . November 14, 2016, accessed September 25, 2019 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Lee is the family name here, Wai-sze is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Wai-sze
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 李慧 詩 (Chinese - traditional character); Lee, Sarah Wai-sze (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese track cyclist (Hong Kong)
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong