Kequyen Lam

Kequyen Lam (born 3 October 1979[1]) is a cross-country skier who was the flag bearer for Portugal at the 2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations.[2] He is one of the two athletes representing Portugal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[3]

Kequyen Lam
Full nameKequeyn Lam
Born (1979-10-03) October 3, 1979
Macau
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
World Cup career
Seasons2015–Present

Early life

On October 3, 1979, Lam was born in Macau.

Career

Snowboard Cross (2008 – 2013)

Kequyen raced snowboard cross from 2008 - 2013 representing Portugal. His break out season was in 2011[4] when he finished 1st place in two FIS races at Big White and a 1st and 2nd place at the FIS races in Red Mountain. Lam qualified to race on the World Cup Tour where he raced from 2011 - 2013.[5] He attempted to qualify for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, 2014, but an injury at a training camp in Austria sidelined him from the remaining qualifying events, missing the qualification criteria. He retired from snowboard cross in 2013.

Cross country skiing (2015-present)

Kequyen cross country skis in the freestyle skate distance events. He entered his first cross country ski race in 2015 at Canmore, AB. In 2017, he raced in Finland and in South America (Chile, Argentina, Colombia). Lam qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[6][7] He is the sole cross country skier representing Portugal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea where he placed 113th in the men's 15 km freestyle.[8]

Personal life

Lam is Canadian-Portuguese. Lam's parents fled Vietnam, spending a month on an open boat before landing in Macau. Lam was conceived and born in a refugee camp in Macao in 1979, which was then a Portuguese colony, giving him Portuguese citizenship. Lam holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Kinesiology from Simon Fraser University and Bachelors of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of British Columbia. He is also a tiny house aficionado having built a tiny house[9] in Squamish, BC, where he lived temporarily in 2015. He now lives and trains in Vernon, BC, Canada.

References
  1. Pyeongchang 2018 profile
  2. Evening Standard article by Richard Parry
  3. MISSÃO PORTUGUESA AOS JOGOS OLÍMPICOS DE INVERNO PARTE COM AMBIÇÃO
  4. "Kequyen Lam 2011 FIS Record". FIS. FIS. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. "BIOGRAPHY Athlete : LAM Kequyen". FIS. FIS.
  6. "Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  7. "Há mais um português apurado para PyeongChang 2018: Ke Quyen Lam, em cross country" [There's another Portuguese who's set for PyeongChang 2018: Ke Quyen Lam in cross country]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. http://www.espn.com/olympics/winter/2018/athletes/_/athlete/53312 2018 Winter Olympics - Athletes Kequyen Lam
  9. https://www.treehugger.com/tiny-houses/tiny-house-kequyen-lam.html Tour this bike enthusiast's 180 sq. ft. tiny home
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