姚錦成

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Salom Yiu Kam-shing, MH (Chinese: 姚錦成; born 4 February 1988 in Guangdong) is a Hong Kong rugby sevens winger who stands about 1.84 metres tall. One of the most emblematic players in the history of Hong Kong rugby, he competed for many years in both the sevens and fifteen-a-side formats and set a Hong Kong record with seventy-five sevens tournament appearances, the most by any Hong Kong player. Yiu won his first Hong Kong sevens cap as early as the 2009 World Games and went on to become a long-term mainstay of the side, representing Hong Kong at four Asian Games. At Jakarta 2018 he scored a try in the final as Hong Kong beat Japan 14-0 to win a first men's rugby sevens gold; at Hangzhou 2023, aged thirty-five, he made his fourth and final Asian Games appearance and again won gold, a fitting end to his Asian Games career. He also represented Hong Kong at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens. In the fifteen-a-side game he scored twenty tries in forty-nine appearances, making him Hong Kong's all-time leading scorer. He was also part of Hong Kong's squad for the Olympic sevens repechage, where he was one of the side's most capped players. Yiu appeared at ten editions of the Hong Kong Sevens, making him one of the tournament's most familiar figures, and his gold medal at Hangzhou was described by Asia Rugby as a fitting farewell for the winger. After the 2024 Hong Kong Sevens, Yiu announced his retirement, ending a long Hong Kong career at the tournament. He subsequently joined Hong Kong China Rugby to help develop local talent and to identify a new generation of home-grown players. He was awarded the Medal of Honour (MH) for his contribution to Hong Kong sport, and his international career spanned more than a decade, during which he was among the most decorated sevens players of his generation in Asia.