Barton Lui Pan-To (; born April 8, 1993, in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

) is a

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as ...

who has competed since 2010. Barton Lui has also qualified to compete for

at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

in Sochi,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

. By doing so he became the first male athlete to qualify from Hong Kong in short track speed skating, and has also carried the flag during the

opening ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly-constructed location or the start of an event.

Life

Barton Lui first moved to Vancouver Canada when he was 2 years old and went back to Hong Kong for 6 years attending primary school over there. He picked up the sport while he was in primary school and in 2007 he moved back to Vancouver where he continues to skate in Burnaby and Coquitlam while attending high school. In 2010, he decided to put the school on a hiatus and began his professional short track speed skating career and trained in Jilin, China and Seoul, Korea. He then successfully qualified for the Winter Olympics in 2014. He is fluent in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin Chinese.

Career

Lui began short-track skating training at age 10 in Hong Kong. However, due to lack of venue for proper training, he moved to Vancouver in his teens for training. Later, he moved to train in

Changchun Changchun (, ; ), Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin, Jilin Province, China, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a ...

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (P ...

in China before moving to train at Korea National Sports University in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

in 2012. He became a member of Hong Kong's official skating team in 2008. His international competition debut took place in 2010 World Championships in the 1000m event. His first medal was won at the 2012 Asian Junior Championships. At November's 2012 World Cup Championship in Turin and Kolomna, Russia, he qualified for the 1500m event for the

short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The eight events took place between 10–21 February 2014. Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for all eigh ...

. He is currently the record holder in 500m, 1000m, and 1500m in short track speed skating for Hong Kong. He is now a realtor working in Vancouver at Oakwyn Realty Downtown Ltd.

Personal records

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lui, Barton Pan-To 1993 births Living people Hong Kong male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for Hong Kong Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics