WU, Tat Cheung Clement

Influenced by his family since he was a child, Ah Cheung began to learn swimming at the age of 9. At first, his father taught him breaststroke, and coaches in swimming clubs taught other strokes step by step. Although the process was difficult, he still enjoyed the learning process and practicing with other teammates.

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Ah Cheung joined the junior squad at the age of 12. In 1986, he represented Hong Kong to participate in the first overseas age group swim meet at the Tokyo Swimming Center in Japan. Together with other teammates, they beat other Japanese swimming clubs and became champions in both freestyle and medley relays.

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After winning the titles, he returned to Hong Kong, continued to have intensive training and other local and overseas competitions. Ah Cheung represented Hong Kong in major international Games and Championships in early 90s, including Commonwealth Games held in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990, Asian Games in Beijing, China, Asian Swimming Championships in Hiroshima, Japan in 1992 and Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.

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After the Olympic Games, he briefly left his career as a swimmer due to further education. Until 1997, he participated in the Univerisade held in Sicily, Italy and was a flag bearer on behalf of Hong Kong at the opening ceremony.

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Due to his work, he has participated in the Universiade as a swimming coach for the University Sports Frederation of Hong Kong in various years, including Bangkok, Thailand in 2007, Shenzhen, China in 2011, and Kazan, Russia, in 2013.

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自小受到家人喜愛做運動的薰陶，呀昌於9歲開始學游水，最初由爸爸教授蛙式，然後由泳會教練循序漸進地教授其他泳式，雖然過程艱辛，但還是享受學習過程，同跟其他隊友一齊練習嘅樂趣。

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呀昌由12歲開始進入青年軍，1986年代表香港前往日本東京遊泳中心參加第一個海外分齡賽事。聯同其他隊友，於自由式及四式接力項目當中，贏了日本其他泳會，勇奪兩項冠軍。

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奪冠後回港繼續積極參加訓練及其他本地和海外比賽，並於90年初開始代表香港參加國際大型運動會及錦標賽，包括1990年紐西蘭渥克蘭舉辦的英聯邦運動會，中國北京亞運會，1992年日本廣島的亞洲游泳錦標賽，以及西班牙巴塞隆拿奧運會。

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奧運會後，因升學關係短暫了離開泳員生涯。直至1997年於大學生活當中，參加了於意大利西西里舉辦的世界大學生運動會。並於開幕禮中代表香港擔任持旗手。

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現因工作關係，曾以香港大專游泳教練身份，出席不同年份的世界大學生運動會，包括2007年的泰國曼谷，2011年的中國深圳，以及2013年的俄羅喀山。