莊嘉欣

English

Chong Ka Yan is a leading member of the Hong Kong China women's rugby sevens team, playing as a back for USRC Tigers in the local women's premiership. A graduate of United College at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, she was an all-round athlete in her student days, playing handball and basketball and also running; in the summer after her first year at university she was running at the Sir Sidney Chan Sports Field when she saw people playing rugby, and, curious, approached a senior team-mate to ask if she could join - the chance encounter that began her rugby career. She later decided that rugby offered a clearer professional pathway and committed to the sport. In September 2023 she represented Hong Kong at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, where the women's team won a historic bronze, the territory's first Asian Games medal in women's rugby; The Chinese University of Hong Kong named her among its student athletes who won medals there. In November 2025 she was selected for Hong Kong's women's sevens squad at the 15th National Games at Kai Tak Stadium, and at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya in 2026 she was again in the squad as Hong Kong beat Thailand 7-5 in the bronze-medal match to claim bronze for a second successive Games; in the pool win over India she scored twice, opening and closing the first half of a 33-7 victory. By the 2026 Hong Kong Sevens she had earned 40 sevens caps for Hong Kong and was listed among the team's senior leadership group.