劉紹宇

English

Lau Shiu Yue is a Hong Kong male swimmer born on 20 July 1997 who specialises in backstroke. He made his mark as a junior, breaking the Hong Kong record in the men's 50m backstroke at the 2013-14 Hong Kong Age Group short-course swimming championships and winning six gold medals in total at the same meet. In 2014 he represented Hong Kong at the Incheon Asian Games and also competed at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, making him one of the most closely watched young swimmers in the Hong Kong squad at the time. In 2015 he swam 26.03 seconds in the men's 50m backstroke at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, lowering the Hong Kong record once more. Lau later moved towards middle-distance backstroke. At the 2021-22 Hong Kong Division One short-course age-group competition he set a Hong Kong record of 1:57.52 in the men's 200m backstroke, and he has also broken the Hong Kong record in the men's 50m backstroke in long course. In 2022 he was selected for the Hong Kong, China delegation at the swimming events of the Asian Games in Hangzhou and was listed among the entrants for the men's 4x200m freestyle relay. Backstroke demands a streamlined body line, an efficient stroke and a strong turn while swimming on the back; the 50m version is driven mainly by explosive power, while the 200m version tests endurance and pacing more heavily. Having started as a sprinter and then set Hong Kong records in both the 50m and 200m backstroke, Lau has shown all-round technical ability. Beyond these results, publicly available information about his education and recent activities is limited and remains to be filled in.