李松泰

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Lee Chung Tai (李松泰), born on 27 May 1951, is a Hong Kong judoka and coach and one of the early figures in local judo. As an athlete he represented Hong Kong in the men's half-middleweight (under 78 kg) event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, placing 34th; the half-middleweight class sits in the middle range of men's judo and calls for all-round technique and conditioning. After his competitive career he moved into coaching, training athletes for the Hong Kong, China Judo Association over many years and taking part in preparations for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, providing technical guidance to Hong Kong competitors. He later became the International Judo Federation's technical director for Hong Kong, China, involved in technical matters concerning local coaches and referees; the IJF governs the sport worldwide, and its regional technical directors oversee local technical standards and development. In 2023 he again travelled as a coach with the Hong Kong, China delegation to the judo events at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. From athlete to coach, Lee's career spans several decades of Hong Kong judo, witnessing the sport's growth from amateur beginnings to the building of a talent pipeline, and he has long mentored younger judoka locally. Owing to sparse early Chinese-language records, some details of his complete competitive and coaching record remain to be documented.