# Grace Lau

Grace Lau Mo-sheung (Chinese: 劉慕裳; born 19 October 1991) is a Hong Kong karateka. She won bronze in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, becoming the first Hong Kong athlete to win an Olympic medal in karate. She is a three-time medallist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. She is also a medallist in this event at the Asian Games and the World Beach Games. She is a six-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Karate Championships.

## Career

She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2015 Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan. In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Later that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.
She won a medal at the Asian Karate Championships in 2015, 2018 and 2019. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.
In 2020, she qualified to represent Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She defeated Dilara Bozan of Turkey with a score of 26.94 and won the bronze medal in the women’s kata event. She was also the flag bearer for Hong Kong during the closing ceremony. A few months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
She won the bronze medal in the women's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.
In July 2023, she won the gold medal in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia. In October 2023, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. In the same month, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
| 2015 | Asian Championships | Yokohama, Japan | 2nd | Individual kata |
| 2018 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2018 | World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 2nd | Individual kata |
| 2019 | World Beach Games | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2021 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2021 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2022 | World Games | Birmingham, United States | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2022 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 2nd | Individual kata |
| 2023 | Asian Championships | Malacca, Malaysia | 1st | Individual kata |
| 2023 | Asian Games | Hangzhou, China | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Individual kata |

## Filmography
### Movie

| Year | Title | Note |
| 2017 | The Empty Hands | Cameo |

### Drama

| Year | Title | Platform | Note |
| 2024 | Warriors Within 2 | ViuTV | Ep.4 |