Chow Ting Yu
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| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Beijing Sports University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Hong Kong Wushu Team (1992-2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Wu Chenglin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chow Ting Yu (Chinese: 周定宇; pinyin: Zhōudìngyǔ, born 1977), known professionally as Marvel Chow, is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete and actor from Hong Kong.
Career
[edit | edit source]Wushu
[edit | edit source]In his youth, Chow wanted to pursue a career in badminton and decided to learn wushu when he was 14 on the side to help him improve on his main sport.[1][2] Unexpectedly, he chose instead to pursue wushu. He went to train at the Beijing Sport University and became a member of the Hong Kong Wushu Team in 1995.[1][3]
Chow made his international debut at the 1999 World Wushu Championships where he became the world champion in qiangshu and also won a bronze medal in jianshu.[4][5] Two years later at the 2001 World Wushu Championships, he was a double silver medalist in jianshu and qiangshu.[6] His last competition was at the 2003 World Wushu Championships where he was once again the world champion in qiangshu and a silver medalist in the inaugural rendition of duilian.[7][8]
Acting
[edit | edit source]After retiring from competitive wushu, Chow started practicing wing chun which eventually led to his acting roles starting with Ip Man in 2008.[2]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]- Ip Man (2008)
- Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013)
- Golden Brother (2014)
Awards
[edit | edit source]Awards from the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Marvel Chow at IMDb
- Chow Ting Yu at Douban (in Chinese)
