MAKING HER POINT

Foil fencer Daphne Chan is happy to see the rising interest in her sport since Cheung Ka-long’s historic win, and is headed to the Games with impressive wins behind her. But she’s not allowing the pressure to get to her, and is most excited about who she might meet in Paris

By Zabrina Lo.

It could have been ordained by her name, which means “laurel tree” in Greek, that foil fencer Daphne Chan Nok-sze would one day compete in the Olympics; wreaths made of the tree’s leaves would be given to the victors of the sporting events of ancient Greece. The 19-year-old part-time Hong Kong team athlete, who splits her time between studying and fencing, is a rising star on the piste. Before her qualification for this year’s Games, she claimed Hong Kong’s first girls’ gold medal at the Women’s Foil Junior World Cup in Thailand last year; the Hong Kong team also won silver at the event. “Winning gold was an unexpected but very important milestone for me,” Chan says. “I didn’t expect to win, because there were a lot of good fencers…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2024

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