Fung Kwok Wai

In this Chinese name, the family name is Fung (馮).
Fung Kwok Wai
Born (1977-08-22) 22 August 1977 (age 47)
Sport country Hong Kong
Fung Kwok Wai
Medal record
Men's Snooker
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hong Kong Team
Asian Indoor Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Macau Team
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hong Kong Team
Fung Kwok Wai
Traditional Chinese馮國威
Simplified Chinese冯国威
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFéng Guówēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingfung4 gwok3 wai1
IPA[fʊŋ˩ kʷɔk̚˧.wɐj˥]

Fung Kwok Wai (Chinese: 馮國威; born 22 August 1977) is an amateur snooker player from Hong Kong.

Fung reached the quarter final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Daniel Ward 6–3. He won the silver medal in the 2006 Asian Games with the men's snooker team.[1] He also won the gold medal in the 2009 East Asian Games with the men's snooker team.

Biography

Fung Kwok Wai was born in Great Britain on 22 August 1977.[2][3] When he was four years old, he moved to Belgium.[4] As a nine-year-old, he took up snooker with his father. At the age of 16, he trained with the British snooker player Paul Hunter.[5] Around 1992, he took lessons at a snooker club in Belgium where coaches trained him.[4] Fung moved from Belgium to Hong Kong in 2001.[6]

Fung competed in two snooker team events at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. He received a gold medal in a snooker team event at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan and a silver medal in a snooker team event at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.[7]

References

  1. ^ Dawn.com Nov 20, 2010
  2. ^ Leung, Paggie (2005-08-21). "2 minutes with...Raymond Fung Kwok-Wai". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2024-08-26. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  3. ^ "冯国威档案" [Fung Kwok Wai Files]. Ta Kung Pao (in Chinese). 2002-10-04. p. A9.
  4. ^ a b "冯国威来头小志气大" [Fung Kwok Wai has a small background but big ambitions]. Hong Kong Daily News [zh] (in Chinese). 2001-05-25. p. A11.
  5. ^ "冯国威要当傅家俊第２" [Fung Kwok Wai wants to be the second Marco Fu]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). 2001-07-06. p. AA3.
  6. ^ "冯国威囊括三大锦标" [Fung Kwok Wai wins three major titles]. Ming Pao (in Chinese). 2003-02-18. p. A26.
  7. ^ "香港桌球3条Q平常心享受亚运" [Hong Kong Snooker 3 Qs Enjoy the Asian Games with a Normal Mind]. The Sun (in Chinese). 2010-11-02. p. F8.


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