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It has been a massive year for Hong Kong’s sporting scene, and the Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards – the city’s very own “Sports Oscars” – was the perfect celebration of that success.
The city’s top athletes recently gathered at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre for the ceremony, where impressive sporting feats across individual and team categories were recognised for their contribution to a standout year for the city. Taking home the top honours were swimming sensation Siobhan Haughey and world’s number one fencer Ryan Choi, who were named the female and male Best of the Best winners, respectively.
For Haughey, this marks the fourth time she has secured the award, having previously won in 2021, 2022, and 2023. This win comes on the heels of a dominant run at the 15th National Games, where she bagged two gold medals in the women’s 100m and 200m freestyle events, alongside bronze medals in the 50m freestyle and 50m breaststroke. Despite the repeated victories, the swimmer remains humble about the recognition, noting that winning the award again was particularly difficult this year given the high bar set by her fellow athletes. She also expressed that while she does not swim simply for the awards, she is happy to receive them as they’re a testimony to how much the city’s sporting scene is truly flourishing.
On the men’s side, Ryan Choi scooped the Best of the Best award on his very first nomination. It has been a whirlwind year for the fencer, who became the first Hong Kong male foilist to be crowned a world champion after winning individual gold at the World Championships. On the way to reaching his top ranking, Choi also won gold at the FIE Grand Prix Foil in Shanghai and the Asian Fencing Championships. When out of his fencing whites, the athlete has even found time to make waves in the Cantopop scene, having recently self-funded his debut single titled My Most Hated Male Singer.
The awards ceremony also gave recognition to a wider circle of Hong Kong athletes. The men’s handball team secured the Hong Kong Sports Stars Award for Team Only Sport for the first time following their semi-final run at the National Games. In the Sports Combination category, the men’s foil team shared the spotlight with badminton mixed doubles pair Jordan Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet, as well as table tennis duo Wong Chun-ting and Baldwin Chan Ho-wah. Other individual winners included tennis player Coleman Wong, who reached the round of 32 at the US Open, and cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing, who took home three gold medals at the National Games. Check out the full list of awardees here.
With the 2026 Asian Games coming up in September, we’re eager to see what this talented pool of athletes has in store for the city this time around!
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