Edgar Cheung Ka-long 張家朗
Cheung, Fencing World Cup 2024
Personal information
Born	(1997-06-10) 10 June 1997 (age 27) British Hong Kong
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil
Hand	Left-handed
Club	Hong Kong Sports Institute
Head coach	Grégory Koenig
FIE ranking	current ranking
Domestic ranking	1
Medal record Men's foil Representing   Hong Kong Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Individual 2024 Paris Individual World Championships 2022 Cairo Individual 2023 Milan Team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Individual 2018 Jakarta Team 2014 Incheon Team 2018 Jakarta Individual 2022 Hangzhou Team Asian Championships 2016 Wuxi Individual 2022 Seoul Individual 2017 Hong Kong Individual 2018 Bangkok Team 2019 Chiba Individual 2014 Suwon Team 2015 Singapore Individual 2015 Singapore Team 2016 Wuxi Team 2017 Hong Kong Team 2019 Chiba Team 2022 Seoul Team 2023 Wuxi Team 2024 Kuwait City Team Junior World Championships 2017 Plovdiv Individual

Edgar Cheung Ka-long SBS ( Chinese: 張家朗; Jyutping: zoeng1 gaa1 long5; born 10 June 1997) is a Hong Kong left-handed foil fencer, two-time Olympic champion and two-time individual Asian champion, having won the gold medal at the 2020 ^[1] and 2024 Summer Olympics. ^[2]

Cheung is the first athlete representing Hong Kong in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in fencing and the second to become an Olympic champion. ^{[3] [4]}

Cheung Ka Long was born to parents who both played national league basketball in Hong Kong. He took up fencing in the fourth grade. In 2013, he was named Hong Kong's Most Promising Young Athlete at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards. In 2014, he was named an Outstanding Junior Athlete by the Hong Kong Sports Institute; ^[5] he won a bronze in team foil at the Asian Fencing Championships and at the Asian Games that same year. In 2015, he earned two bronzes, one in individual foil and another in team foil during the Asian Fencing Championships. In 2016, he won gold and a bronze in team in the Asian Fencing Championships. At the Olympics in foil, he defeated Heo Jun in the round of 32 before losing to Guilherme Toldo in the round of 16, finishing 14th overall. ^[6] In 2017, Cheung won gold in individual foil at the Junior World Championships. ^[7] He then earned a silver medal in individual foil and a bronze in team foil in the Asian Fencing Championships. In 2018, he won a silver in team foil at the Asian Fencing Championships along with a bronze in individual foil and a silver in team foil at the Asian Games. In 2019, he earned a silver medal in the Turin Grand Prix, a bronze in the Anaheim Grand Prix as well as a silver in individual foil and a bronze in team foil at the Asian Fencing Championships.

In 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics, Cheung and Tse Ying Suet were the flag bearers for Hong Kong. ^[8] In foil, he defeated Julien Mertine in the round of 32, 2018 world champion Alessio Foconi in the round of 16, Kirill Borodachev in the quarterfinals and Alexander Choupenitch in the semifinals. In the final he faced the reigning Olympic champion Daniele Garozzo; after trailing 1–4 he fought back to win by a score of 15–11. ^{[9] [10]} This was Hong Kong's first Olympic gold medal in fencing and its second-ever gold. ^[11] For his achievements, he was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star, the highest possible award for an actively competing athlete.

In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Cheung successfully defended his men's foil gold medal, defeating Italian Filippo Macchi 15–14 in the final bout. ^[12] The result was marred by controversy; Initially the score was 14-12 in Macchi's favour. But the match later reached a 14-14 tie, leading to a sudden-death scenario in which video reviews were conducted, and the judges withheld awarding the final point twice due to a lack of consensus over deciding the winner. Eventually Cheung won the final point in his third strike, becoming the third man in history to defend his title in this event. ^[13] A formal complaint was lodged by the Italian Fencing Federation disputing the result. ^[14]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Individual Men's Foil	1st [15]
2024	Paris, France	Individual Men's Foil	1st [16]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Men's Foil	3rd [17]
2023	Milan, Italy	Team Men's Foil	3rd

Date	Location	Event	Position
2019-02-08	Turin, Italy	Individual Men's Foil	2nd [18]
2019-03-15	Anaheim, California	Individual Men's Foil	3rd [19]
2023-03-19	Busan, South Korea	Individual Men's Foil	2nd [20]
2024-02-11	Turin, Italy	Individual Men's Foil	1st [21]
2024-05-19	Shanghai, China	Individual Men's Foil	1st [22]

Date	Location	Event	Position
2017-05-05	St. Petersburg, Russia	Individual Men's Foil	3rd [23]
2017-10-20	Le Caire, Egypt	Individual Men's Foil	3rd [24]
2019-05-05	St. Petersburg, Russia	Team Men's Foil	2nd [25]
2020-02-23	Cairo, Egypt	Team Men's Foil	3rd [26]
2022-01-15	Paris, France	Individual Men's Foil	1st [27]
2023-01-12	Paris, France	Individual Men's Foil	3rd
2023-05-06	Acapulco, Mexico	Individual Men's Foil	2nd
2023-11-10	Istanbul, Turkey	Individual Men's Foil	2nd
2023-12-10	Tokoname, Japan	Team Men's Foil	3rd
2024-05-04	Hong Kong, China	Team Men's Foil	1st

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Suwon, South Korea	Team Men's Foil	3rd [28]
2015	Singapore	Individual Men's Foil	3rd [29]
2015	Singapore	Team Men's Foil	3rd [30]
2016	Wuxi, China	Individual Men's Foil	1st [31]
2016	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Foil	3rd [32]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Individual Men's Foil	2nd [33]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Team Men's Foil	3rd [34]
2018	Bangkok, Thailand	Team Men's Foil	2nd [35]
2019	Chiba, Japan	Individual Men's Foil	2nd [36]
2019	Chiba, Japan	Team Men's Foil	3rd [37]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Men's Foil	1st [38]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Team Men's Foil	3rd [39]
2023	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Foil	3rd [40]

The term "Ka-long effect" was coined after his historic gold in the Tokyo Olympics. Fencing schools in Hong Kong witnessed a surge in calls from parents wanting their kids to take up lessons, as the sport received a huge boost in popularity. ^[41]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cheung Ka Long.

• Cheung Ka-long at the International Fencing Federation
• Cheung Ka-long at Olympics.com
• Cheung Ka-long at Olympedia