劉潔瑩

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Lau Kit Ying (Chinese: 劉潔瑩) is a Hong Kong women's trampoline gymnast. Born and raised in the United Kingdom to a father from Hunan, she moved back to Hong Kong with her family at the age of ten; she has described the confusion she felt over her identity at the time and how, after three or four years, she gradually connected with the city and became able to speak Cantonese. She took up artistic gymnastics at eight, later moved to rhythmic gymnastics, and finally turned to trampoline on her mother's suggestion, drawn to its flips and twists. She studied at King's College London and trained with the Hong Kong squad during her summer holidays; although eligible to represent Britain, she chose to represent Hong Kong and joined the team on the recommendation of head coach Lam Pak Leung. In 2023, aged 21 and as Hong Kong's sole female trampoline entrant, she competed in the women's individual trampoline at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou and finished fourth, which she described as the most nerve-wracking competition of her life. In 2025 she competed at the trampoline competition of the National Games for the first time, scoring 47.22 in qualifying to miss the final, which she saw as a valuable learning experience. In May 2026 she finished in the top 16 at the 7th Trampoline Asian Championships on home soil in Hong Kong, securing her place at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, where she aims to complete the routine she missed in qualifying, raise her score and push for a top-three finish. She stresses that 'preparation' is the most important quality of a top athlete.