Vivian Kong Man-wai

Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 Hong Kong
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country	Hong Kong
Sport	Fencing
Rank	1st
Event	Épée
Coached by	Octavian Zidaru
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	1st (2023)
Medal record Women's épée Representing  Hong Kong World Championships 2019 Budapest Individual 2022 Cairo Individual Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Individual 2014 Incheon Team 2018 Jakarta Individual 2018 Jakarta Team 2022 Hangzhou Individual Asian Championships 2018 Bangkok Individual 2022 Seoul Individual 2023 Wuxi Individual 2017 Hong Kong Individual 2018 Bangkok Team 2022 Seoul Team 2023 Wuxi Team 2011 Seoul Team 2014 Suwon Team 2015 Singapore Team 2016 Wuxi Team 2017 Hong Kong Team 2019 Chiba Team

Vivian Kong Man Wai (born 8 February 1994) is a Hong Kong left-handed épée fencer, three-time individual Asian champion, and two-time Olympian.^[1][2][3]

Career

Kong competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She became the first fencer from Hong Kong to win a World Cup title when she won the FIE Women's Épée World Cup in Havana, Cuba in January 2019.^[4]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's épée event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.^[5]

Medal record

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[6]
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[7]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2017-05-26	Bogotá, Colombia	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[8]
2023-01-29	Doha, Qatar	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[9]
2023-05-07	Cali, Colombia	Individual Women's Épée	1st[10]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2014-07-02	Leipzig, Germany	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[11]
2016-05-20	Legnano, Italy	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[12]
2018-01-19	Havana, Cuba	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[13]
2018-09-11	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[14]
2019-11-01	Havana, Cuba	Individual Women's Épée	1st[15]
2019-08-02	Barcelona, Spain	Individual Women's Épée	1st[16]
2019-05-17	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[17]
2022-12-10	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[18]

Asian Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Seoul, South Korea	Team Women's Épée	3rd
2014	Suwon City, South Korea	Team Women's Épée	3rd[19]
2015	Singapore, Singapore	Team Women's Épée	3rd
2016	Wuxi, China	Team Women's Épée	3rd[20]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[21]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Team Women's Épée	3rd[22]
2018	Bangkok, Thailand	Individual Women's Épée	1st[23]
2018	Bangkok, Thailand	Team Women's Épée	2nd[24]
2019	Chiba, Japan	Team Women's Épée	3rd[25]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Women's Épée	1st[26]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Team Women's Épée	2nd[27]
2023	Wuxi, China	Individual Women's Épée	1st[28]
2023	Wuxi, China	Team Women's Épée	2nd[29]

References

External links

• Vivian Kong at the International Fencing Federation
• Vivian Kong at Olympics.com
• Vivian Kong at Olympedia