Steven Wong

Steven Patrick Marie Josee Wong (Chinese: 王史提芬; Jyutping: wong4 si2 tai4 fan1; born on 28 April 1988) is a BMX cyclist for Hong Kong.

For other people with similar names, see Stephen Wong (disambiguation).

Steven PMJ Wong
Personal information
Born (1988-04-28) 28 April 1988
Dessel, Belgium
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Team information
DisciplineBMX
Road
Professional team
2011–2012Champion System[1]
Medal record
Representing  Hong Kong
Men's BMX
2005 China National Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Jiangsu Men's BMX
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hong Kong Men's BMX
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Men's BMX

Steven Wong was born to a Hong Kong Chinese father and Belgian mother. he has a little sister and grew up in Belgium. His father has a restaurant in Belgium. He was invited to race for Belgium but decided to race for Hong Kong instead.

He first raced for Hong Kong at the 2005 China National Games and won the Gold Medal in BMX cycling.

In 2009, he fell at the 2009 China National Games and failed to defend his gold medal.

Then in December 2009 he won the Gold Medal at the East Asian Games. In November 2010 he won the Gold Medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou.

Doping

Wong tested positive for Exogenous Steroids in an out-of-competition test 10 April 2012, and was handed a two-year suspension for doping.[2] Wong claimed that his positive test was due to a skin cream.[3]

References
  1. "Champion System Pro Cycling Team (CSS) - CHN". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. UCI list of suspensions Archived 15 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, uci.ch
  3. Kinwa, Chan (23 January 2013). "'Careless action' that may have cost cyclist Steven Wong everything". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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