Lee Lai-Shan (Traditional Chinese: 李麗珊) (born September 5, 1970) is a Hong Kong-born windsurfer.

Personal data

Gender: W

Place of birth: Cheung Chau, Hong Kong

Representing: Hong Kong, China in 2000 and 2004, Hong Kong in 1996 Olympic Games

Height: 1.70m

Weight: 58 kg

Sport: Windsurfing

Personal best: 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games - 1st boardsailing (first Olympic gold for Hong Kong team)

Sports career

She began to take part in windsurfing competitions at the age of 17 and joined the Hong Kong team at 19.

High performances

1990 Beijing Asian Games - 2nd

1992 Barcelona Olympic Games - 11th

1993 World Championships - 1st

1994 Hiroshima Asian Games - 2nd

1995 World Championships - 3rd

1996 World Championships - 2nd

1996 Atlanta Olympic Games - 1st

1997 World Championships - 1st

1998 Bangkok Asian Games - 1st

2000 Sydney Olympic Games - 6th Mistral

2001 World Championships - 1st

2001 National Games - 1st Mistral

2002 Pusan Asian Games - 1st

2004 Athens Olympic Games - 4th Mistral

Reputed as the "Windsurfing Queen".

Honours

1994 - Named Best Athlete of Asia

1995-1996 & 1999-2000 - Named one of Hong Kong Sports Stars of the Year for four times

1995 - Selected Best Athlete in Hong Kong for 1994

1998 - Voted one of Hong Kong Top Ten Athletes for 1988-1998 by Hong Kong Sports Press Association

1999 - Selected one of China's Top Ten Athletes for 1998

1999 - Awarded Special Prize in the "Best Athletes of the Century" selection jointly organized by the Chinese Olympic Committee, Henry Fok Foundation and China Sports Press Association

At present

Since 1952, Hong Kong had never been able to win any medal at the Olympic Games. Lee Lai-Shan's victory at the Atlanta Centennial Olympics helped add a glorious chapter to the region's 44-year Olympic history. After the Games she became a student of sports management at Australia's Canberra University in 1996. She was the first Hong Kong athlete to receive an Honorary Doctorate in social sciences from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in December 2002.