Chung Chi Lok

Arnold Chung Chi Lok (; born 23 January 1972) is a Hong Kong sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m event.

Biography Chung was born on 23 January 1972. His maternal grandfather lived on the water. In his youth, Chung participated in the Sea Scouts and received the Canoe Medal of Honor and won at the Hong Kong Youth Competition . Chung discontinued canoeing after he participated in the double kayak competition 1992 Summer Olympics, finding the sport to be lacking institutional support. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, he said, "I still love canoeing but, unfortunately, the sport does not have the attention and support of Hongkong's highest sporting authorities like the Sports Development Board and the Hongkong Sports Institute. There is no full-time coach for canoeing and neither can the athletes get scholarships, so there is little hope that the sport can be developed properly." In 1994, Chung lamented how he was "given so little" for his grant, saying, "but rowing is my interest and I want to do it when I am young. You can't expect to be heavily subsidised in Hong Kong." He submitted a bid for Hong Kong to be the host of the 2020 Asian Dragon Boat Championships but it got cancelled owing the COVID-19 pandemic.

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