Grace Lau Mo-sheung (; born 19 October 1991) is a Hong Kong karateka. She won bronze in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, becoming the first Hong Kong athlete to win an Olympic medal in karate. She is a four-time medallist, including gold, in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. She is also a medallist in this event at the Asian Games and the World Beach Games. She is an nine-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Asian Karate Championships.
Career
Lau won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2015 Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan. In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Later that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.
Lau won a medal at the Asian Karate Championships in 2015, 2018 and 2019. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.
In 2020, Lau qualified to represent Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She defeated Dilara Bozan of Turkey with a score of 26.94 and won the bronze medal in the women's kata event. She was also the flag bearer for Hong Kong during the closing ceremony. A few months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Lau won the bronze medal in the women's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.
In July 2023, Lau won the gold medal in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia. In October 2023, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. In the same month, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Lau won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China.
In November 2025, Lau won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2025 World Karate Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Rank Event2015Asian ChampionshipsYokohama, Japan 2ndIndividual kata 2018Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan 3rdIndividual kataAsian GamesJakarta, Indonesia 3rdIndividual kataWorld ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 3rdIndividual kata 2019Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan 2ndIndividual kataWorld Beach GamesDoha, Qatar 3rdIndividual kata 2021Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan 3rdIndividual kataWorld ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates 3rdIndividual kata2021Asian ChampionshipsAlmaty, Kazakhstan 3rdIndividual kata 2022World GamesBirmingham, United States 3rdIndividual kataAsian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan 2ndIndividual kata 2023Asian ChampionshipsMalacca, Malaysia 1stIndividual kataAsian GamesHangzhou, China 3rdIndividual kataWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 2ndIndividual kata2024Asian ChampionshipsHangzhou, China 1stIndividual kata 2025Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan 1stIndividual kataWorld GamesChengdu, China 1stIndividual kataWorld ChampionshipsCairo, Egypt 1stIndividual kata 2026Asian ChampionshipsBali, Indonesia 2ndIndividual kataAsian GamesAichi and Nagoya, Japan 2ndIndividual kata
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