Grace Lau

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Lau. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Grace Lau and the Chinese-style name is Lau Mo-sheung.

Grace Lau Mo-sheung (Chinese: 劉慕裳; born 19 October 1991)^[2] is a Hong Kong karateka. She won bronze in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, becoming the first Hong Kong athlete to win an Olympic medal in karate.^[3][4] She is a three-time medallist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. She is also a medallist in this event at the Asian Games and the World Beach Games. She is a six-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Karate Championships.

Grace Lau Mo-sheung

Personal information
Native name	劉慕裳
Born	(1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 (age 33)
Sport
Country	Hong Kong
Sport	Karate
Rank	2nd[1]
Event	Individual kata
Medal record Women's karate Representing  Hong Kong Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Individual kata World Championships 2023 Budapest Individual kata 2018 Madrid Individual kata 2021 Dubai Individual kata World Games 2022 Birmingham Individual kata Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Individual kata 2022 Hangzhou Individual kata Asian Championships 2023 Malacca Individual kata 2015 Yokohama Individual kata 2019 Tashkent Individual kata 2022 Tashkent Individual kata 2018 Amman Individual kata 2021 Almaty Individual kata World Beach Games 2019 Doha Individual kata

Career

She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2015 Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan. In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[2] Later that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.^[5][6]

She won a medal at the Asian Karate Championships in 2015, 2018 and 2019. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.^[7][8]

In 2020, she qualified to represent Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[9][10] She defeated Dilara Bozan of Turkey with a score of 26.94 and won the bronze medal in the women’s kata event.^[4] She was also the flag bearer for Hong Kong during the closing ceremony.^[11] A few months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[12] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[13][14]

She won the bronze medal in the women's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.^[15]

In July 2023, she won the gold medal in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia.^[16][17] In October 2023, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. In the same month, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[18]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2015	Asian Championships	Yokohama, Japan	2nd	Individual kata
2018	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	3rd	Individual kata
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	3rd	Individual kata
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	Individual kata
2019	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	2nd	Individual kata
	World Beach Games	Doha, Qatar	3rd	Individual kata
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Individual kata
	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	3rd	Individual kata
2021	Asian Championships	Almaty, Kazakhstan	3rd	Individual kata
2022	World Games	Birmingham, United States	3rd	Individual kata
	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	2nd	Individual kata
2023	Asian Championships	Malacca, Malaysia	1st	Individual kata
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	3rd	Individual kata
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	Individual kata

Filmography

Movie

Year	Title	Note
2017	The Empty Hands	Cameo[19]

Drama

Year	Title	Platform	Note
2024	Warriors Within 2	ViuTV	Ep.4 [20] [21]

References

1. "World Karate Federation Official Ranking | WKF". www.wkf.net. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
2. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
3. Palmer, Dan (5 August 2021). "Sanchez the history-maker as karate makes highly-anticipated Olympic debut". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
4. "HK's Grace Lau captures bronze in kata competition". rthk.
5. "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
6. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
7. Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
8. "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
9. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
10. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
11. "List of closing ceremony flag bearers" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
12. "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
13. Houston, Michael (21 December 2021). "Bronze medals won on penultimate day of Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
14. "2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
15. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
16. Burke, Patrick (21 July 2023). "Lau wins battle of Olympic medallists on first day of AKF Senior Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
17. "2023 Asian Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
18. "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
19. "東京奧運 劉慕裳摘銅 全城熱搜《空手道》蹤影 20秒演出逐格睇". HK01. 6 August 2021.
20. "打天下2｜世一劉慕裳登場文武兼備　道出運動員心聲獲讚自然好戲". HK01. 19 April 2024.
21. "Warriors Within 2 Trailer". ViuTV Youtube. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

External links

• Mo Sheung Grace Lau – World Karate Federation ranking
• Grace Lau at KarateRec.com
• Grace Lau at Olympics.com
• Grace Lau at Olympedia
• Grace Lau at the International World Games Association