Jamie Wong
{{Short description|Hong Kong cyclist (born 1986)}}
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| birth_place = Hong Kong
| height = {{convert|164|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|54|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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| discipline = Track, road
| role = Rider
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{{MedalSport |Women's Track cycling}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 2010 Guangzhou | Points Race}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Cycling Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2012 Kuala Lumpur | Points Race}}
{{MedalGold | 2013 New Delhi | Points Race}}
{{MedalSilver | 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima | Points Race}}
{{MedalSilver | 2009 Tenggarong | Scratch}}
{{MedalSilver | 2010 Sharjah | Points race}}
{{MedalSilver | 2011 Nakhon Ratchasima | Scratch}}
{{MedalSilver | 2012 Kuala Lumpur | Individual pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze | 2006 Kuala Lumpur | Points Race}}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Nakhon Ratchasima | Points Race}}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Nakhon Ratchasima | Team pursuit}}
{{MedalSport |Women's Road cycling}}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Nakhon Ratchasima | Individual time trial}}
{{MedalBronze | 2013 New Delhi | Individual time trial}}
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Jamie Wong Wan-Yiu ({{zh|c=黃蘊瑤|j=wong4 wan3 jiu4|p=Wáng Yùnyáo}}; born 4 November 1986) is a Hong Kong cyclist.
She was second in the Asian Cycling Championships in 2007 in Thailand. A year later she won the points race at the 2007–08 Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen.
2010 Asian Games
At the 2010 Asian Games, she won the silver medal in the points race in the cycling competition in dramatic fashion, after taking a fall early in the race and fracturing a rib. Wong had to be helped up to the podium to collect her medal and sobbed uncontrollably as she shakily stood for the national anthem, clutching her arm and her knees clearly badly bruised and grazed. Wong was taken from the velodrome in a wheelchair.[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=105049&sid=30328205&con_type=3 Down ... but not out] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207075813/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=105049&sid=30328205&con_type=3 |date=7 December 2010 }} The Standard Wednesday, 17 November 2010 Her coach Shen Jia-Kang said it was a miracle that she finished the race.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101119064204/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-52953720101116 Brave Wong takes painful route to cycling silver] By Ian Ransom, GUANGZHOU, China. Tue 16 Nov 2010 10:55pm Reuters.com The day after winning the silver medal, Wong said: "I learnt to be brave from my tough mother. She worked hard and saved money to buy me a bike after learning I was interested in cycling."[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=105102&sid=30340630&con_type=1&d_str=20101118&fc=4 Games heroine says honor falls to mom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629192555/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=105102&sid=30340630&con_type=1&d_str=20101118&fc=4 |date=29 June 2011 }} Thursday, 18 November 2010 The Standard
After claiming her silver medal, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing wished her and her teammate Diao Xiaojuan a speedy recovery from their injuries.[http://www.news.gov.hk/en/categories/health/html/2010/11/20101116_194408.shtml Cheers & tears in Guangzhou] news.gov.hk 16 November 2010
2012 London Olympics
Jamie Wong competed in the Women's road race at the 2012 London Olympics alongside 65 other riders, and finished the 140-kilometre course in nearly 3 hours and 57 minutes under adverse weather conditions. She came last out of the 59 riders who finished the race, was some 21 minutes behind Dutch winner Marianne Vos. Wong said she was disappointed she couldn't keep up with the main pack.[http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20120730/news_20120730_56_858661.htm Jamie Wong finishes women's road race] Radio Television Hong Kong. 30 July 2012.
=2013 Asian Cycling Championship=
In March 2013, Jamie Wong successfully defended her title when she won the 20 km points race in the 2013 Asian Cycling Championships at New Delhi, by scoring 41 marks after 80 rounds, beating her Japanese and Malaysian rivals.{{cite web|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=131809&sid=39170848&con_type=1&d_str=20130308&fc=8 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412220723/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=131809&sid=39170848&con_type=1&d_str=20130308&fc=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2013 |title=A cycle of victories |date=8 March 2013 |work=The Standard}}
Personal life
Jamie's father is Wong Man-shing. Jamie was five years old when her parents divorced.[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=105102&sid=30340630&con_type=1&d_str=20101118&fc=4 Games heroine says honor falls to mom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629192555/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=105102&sid=30340630&con_type=1&d_str=20101118&fc=4 |date=29 June 2011 }} Thursday, 18 November 2010 The Standard
Major results
;2008
:1st Points Race, Launceston Carnival
:3rd Points Race, International Track Challenge Vienna
;2013
:ACC Track Asia Cup – Thailand Round
::1st Individual Pursuit
::1st Points Race
;2014
:Hong Kong International Track Cup
::1st Individual Pursuit
::1st Points Race
::1st Team Pursuit (with Meng Zhaojuan, Pang Yao and Yang Qianyu)
:Track Asia Cup
::1st Individual Pursuit
::1st Points Race
:3rd Team Pursuit, Asian Track Championships (with Pang Yao, Meng Zhaojuan and Yang Qianyu)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100810154118/http://www.hkolympic.org/html/2008/WongWanYiuJamie.htm Personal profile at Hong Kong Olympic Council]
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Category:Hong Kong track cyclists
Category:Hong Kong female cyclists
Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic cyclists for Hong Kong
Category:Asian Games silver medalists in cycling
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in cycling
Category:Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong
Category:Asian Games cyclists for Hong Kong
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Hong Kong