熊嘉威

English

Hung Ka-wai (Chris) is a Hong Kong sport climbing coach, route setter and judge who has long been involved in climbing instruction and athlete development. He obtained his sport climbing coaching qualification from the Hong Kong Mountaineering Union in 2004, has more than ten years of coaching experience, and holds national-level route setter and sport climbing judge qualifications from the Hong Kong, China Mountaineering and Climbing Union. He is also a part-time instructor on the Sports Skill Class at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, teaching students climbing technique, and has worked as a resident coach at various climbing gyms and training bodies. At competitive level he has served the Hong Kong team in coaching and support roles; in 2023 he was a coach of the Hong Kong sport climbing delegation at the Hangzhou Asian Games, handling technical guidance and pre-competition preparation. As a route setter he helps design competition routes for local sport climbing events, enabling Hong Kong athletes to train and compete in challenging settings. Through his coaching and route-setting work he has continued to develop younger climbers and is a mainstay of the local climbing coaching system.