Choi Ki Ho
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| Full name | Choi Ki-Ho | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1991 Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track, road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 2010 | Centre Mondial du Cyclisme | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Team Hong Kong China | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| Tour de Korea (2011) | |||||||||||||||
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Choi Ki Ho (Chinese: 蔡其皓; Jyutping: coi3 kei4 hou6; born 5 May 1991, in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong former cyclist.
Career
Choi placed first in the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics Madison in Beijing, and won the 2010 Tour de Berne in Aigle, Switzerland. At the 2010 UCI Road World Championships, held in Melbourne, he placed thirty-fourth in the under-23 road race.[1]
He competed for Hong Kong in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
Choi retired at the end of the 2013 season to pursue business studies.[3]
2011 Tour de Korea
Choi Ki Ho won the Tour de Korea at the age of 19 on 24 April 2011, becoming the youngest cyclist to do so.[4] He completed the nine-stage race, a total distance of 1,335.9 kilometers, in a cumulative time of 33 hours 54 minutes 45 seconds.
Major results
- 2010
- 1st Tour de Berne
- 2nd Tour of South China Sea
- 7th Overall Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay
- 10th Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 2011
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st
Overall Tour de Korea - 4th Overall Tour de Singkarak
- 2012
- 1st Overall Tour de Ijen
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour of Fuzhou
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Vietnam
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour of Thailand
References
- ^ Chan, Kin-wa. "Choi Ki-ho puts HK on road to Games". South China Morning Post. 25 April 2011.
- ^ "Choi Ki Ho Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Sallay, Alvin (14 December 2013). "Cyclist Choi Ki-ho's early retirement a crying shame". South China Morning Post. SCMP Group. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ ""Choi wins Tour de Korea" The Korea Herald. 24 April 2011.
External links
- Choi Ki Ho at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Choi Ki Ho at CQ Ranking
- Choi Ki Ho at ProCyclingStats
- Choi Ki Ho at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
