Name Ma Po | ||
Ma Kwok Po (Chinese: 馬國寶; Jyutping: maa5 gwok3 bou2), also known as Panda ma, is a former Hong Kong national windsurfer. Ma is now working for HKSI (Hong Kong Sport Institude) for being a windsurfing coach who teaches Techno Team of the Hong Kong national squad.
Contents
- Early life
- Life with the Hong Kong team
- Becoming a super star
- Leaving Hong Kong Team Back
- Awards
- References
Early life
Panda Ma learned windsurfing when he was eleven years old and was later invited to join a windsurfing training team. The coach who taught him found that he had plenty of potential and let him join the windsurfing Hong Kong team when he was 13.
Life with the Hong Kong team
When Panda joined Hong Kong team at age 13, his teammates treated him well. Panda did well in his training which allowed him the chance to join many international windsurfing competitions which garnered the interest of international agencies.
Becoming a super star
Panda became a sport star and he joined many advertisement and movie, there was also action figures and comic book written based on him. Panda Became famous and he got plenty of fans all over the world.
Leaving Hong Kong Team & Back
Ma participated in the internal Olympics selection race. However, he lost in the race, quit the Hong Kong team and concentrated on studying. In 2010, W.A.H.K decided to let Panda Ma become the coach of B-Team. In Sep 2012, Panda Ma quit the job in Development Squad and became the coach of Techno Team in Hong Kong National Squad.