Vivian Kong

The Honourable Vivian Kong Man-wai SBS MH
Kong in 2024 with her Olympic gold medal
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2026
Preceded by	Yiu Pak-leung
Constituency	Tourism
Personal details
Born	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 32) Hong Kong
Citizenship	China (Hong Kong) Canada (1995–2025)[1]
Sports career
Nickname	Melody、Smiling Queen of Fencing (惡毒劍后)[2][3][4]
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport	Fencing
Event	Épée
Turned pro	2013
Coached by	Octavian Zidaru
Medal record Women's épée Representing  Hong Kong Olympic Games 2024 Paris Individual World Championships 2019 Budapest Individual 2022 Cairo Individual Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Individual 2014 Incheon Team 2018 Jakarta Individual 2018 Jakarta Team 2022 Hangzhou Individual Asian Championships 2018 Bangkok Individual 2022 Seoul Individual 2023 Wuxi Individual 2017 Hong Kong Individual 2018 Bangkok Team 2022 Seoul Team 2023 Wuxi Team 2011 Seoul Team 2014 Suwon Team 2015 Singapore Team 2016 Wuxi Team 2017 Hong Kong Team 2019 Chiba Team

Vivian Kong Man Wai SBS MH (Chinese: 江旻憓; Jyutping: gong1 man4 wai6; born 8 February 1994) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong since 2026 and Hong Kong former left-handed épée fencer. A three-time individual Asian champion and three-time Olympian, she won gold in women's individual épée at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.[5][6][7]

Kong was born in Hong Kong but lived in Canada between the ages of two and six.[8][9] Before taking up fencing, she variously forayed into ballet and taekwondo. She started fencing at the age of eleven and chose épée, stating it "combined the speed of taekwondo and the grace of ballet".[10]

Kong completed her secondary studies at Sha Tin College and graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in international relations.[11] In 2021 she obtained her master of law degree at the Renmin University of China. As of 2024, she is studying for a Juris Doctor degree at the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and aspires to work for the United Nations.[12] Kong has taken a sabbatical to prepare for the Olympics and had previously declined an offer to represent Canada.[10]

Kong competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She became the first fencer from Hong Kong to win a World Cup title when she won the FIE Women's Épée World Cup in Havana, Cuba in January 2019.[13]

Kong won one of the bronze medals in the Women's épée at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.[14]

In the women's épée event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Kong defeated Olena Kryvytska in the quarterfinals and Nelli Differt in the semifinals. In the finals, she overcame a 1–7 deficit against Auriane Mallo to win 13–12, securing Hong Kong's third-ever Olympic gold medal.[15] She was the first Hong Kong athlete to win a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics.[16]

On 4 August 2024, Kong announced on Instagram that she would retire from professional fencing and stated that she looks forward to pursuing a "new career".[17] On 6 August, a Facebook post by Raymond Tam announced that Kong would join the Hong Kong Jockey Club to promote sports development.[18]

On 3 November 2025, Kong filed her candidacy for the Legislative Council for the Tourism Functional Constituency seat in the 2025 elections, one of 12 functional constituencies in the legislature that allow people with the right of abode in a foreign country to take office. She also announced she had applied to renounce her Canadian passport.[19][20]

She won the Legislative Council election through Tourism functional constituency with 131 votes in December 2025.[21]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2024	Paris, France	Individual Women's Épée	1st[22]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[23]
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[24]

Date	Location	Event	Position
2017-05-26	Bogotá, Colombia	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[25]
2023-01-29	Doha, Qatar	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[26]
2023-05-07	Cali, Colombia	Individual Women's Épée	1st[27]
2024-01-31	Doha, Qatar	Individual Women's Épée	1st[28]

Date	Location	Event	Position
2014-07-02	Leipzig, Germany	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[29]
2016-05-20	Legnano, Italy	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[30]
2018-01-19	Havana, Cuba	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[31]
2018-09-11	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[32]
2019-11-01	Havana, Cuba	Individual Women's Épée	1st[33]
2019-08-02	Barcelona, Spain	Individual Women's Épée	1st[34]
2019-05-17	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[35]
2022-12-10	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[36]
2023-05-19	Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[28]
2024-02-10	Barcelona, Spain	Individual Women's Épée	1st[28]
2024-05-18	Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	Individual Women's Épée	1st[37]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Seoul, South Korea	Team Women's Épée	3rd
2014	Suwon, South Korea	Team Women's Épée	3rd[38]
2015	Singapore	Team Women's Épée	3rd
2016	Wuxi, China	Team Women's Épée	3rd[39]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[40]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Team Women's Épée	3rd[40]
2018	Bangkok, Thailand	Individual Women's Épée	1st[41]
2018	Bangkok, Thailand	Team Women's Épée	2nd[42]
2019	Chiba, Japan	Team Women's Épée	3rd[43]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Women's Épée	1st[44]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Team Women's Épée	2nd[45]
2023	Wuxi, China	Individual Women's Épée	1st[46]
2023	Wuxi, China	Team Women's Épée	2nd[46]

• Vivian Kong Man-wai at the International Fencing Federation
• Vivian Kong Man-wai at Olympics.com
• Vivian Kong Man-wai at Olympedia
• Vivian Kong Man-wai at InterSportStats