蔣偉洪

English

Chiang Wai Hung is a former Hong Kong sprinter born in 1976, best known as one of the territory's leading 100 metres runners of the 2000s. His personal best of 10.37 seconds, set on 3 May 2000, stood as the Hong Kong men's 100 metres record for a decade until it was broken by Tsui Chi-ho in 2010, and for years it served as the benchmark for Hong Kong men's sprinting. He represented Hong Kong at two Olympic Games: at Sydney 2000 he ran the men's 100 metres, finishing sixth in his heat, and he returned for the Athens 2004 Games in the same event. He also recorded a personal best of 6.69 seconds over 60 metres in 2000. At the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay, Chiang was one of the torchbearers for the Hong Kong leg, taking part in the relay as an athletics representative. After retiring from competition he moved into coaching, and has repeatedly served as a coach with the Hong Kong, China delegation at major multi-sport Games, including the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, where he was a coach with the Hong Kong athletics team responsible for sprint training and on-site guidance. Chiang's journey from athlete to coach illustrates the development of Hong Kong sprinting in the 2000s and the path by which local elite athletes return to the athletics training system after retiring.