Lai Chi Wai

Lai Chi Wai (Chinese: 黎志偉) is a rock climber, sport climber, and motivational speaker from Hong Kong. He is a four-time champion of the Asian Rock Climbing Championships and the world's first Chinese winner of the X-Game's extreme sports.[1] In 2011, he got into a serious traffic accident that left him paraplegic.[2] On December 9, 2016, upon the 5th anniversary of the car accident, Lai climbed up Lion Rock in a wheelchair, and became the first Chinese athlete to be nominated for the Laureus World's Best Sporting Moment of the month, which he lost to a viral video which showed a packed sports stadium of 70,000 people in Iowa turning and waving to children in an adjacent hospital.[1] Netizens, touched by Lai's achievement, said he embodied the “spirit of Lion Rock”, which has come to symbolize Hong Kong's can-do spirit in the midst of adversities.[3]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lai(黎).
Lai Chi Wai
Personal information
NationalityHong Kong
Born1982 (1982)
Climbing career
Type of climberRock climbing, sport climbing
Medal record
Asian Championships
2000Speed
2002Speed
2003Speed
2006Speed

He is married and has a son.

References
  1. "Wheelchair-bound athlete honoured for climbing up mountain".
  2. "Lion Rock spirit: the inspiring tale of paraplegic climber Lai Chi-wai".
  3. "Paraplegic shows heart of champion in Lion Rock feat".
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