{{Short description|Hong Kong cyclist (born 1985)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Wu Kin San | image = Wu Kin San under Tour des Fjords 2013.JPG | caption = Wu Kin San at [[Tour des Fjords]] 2013 | fullname = Wu Kin San | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|5|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Hong Kong Island|Hong Kong]], [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.75|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2005–2006 | proteam1 = Purapharm | proyears2 = 2007–2011 | proteam2 = Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team | proyears3 = 2011–2013 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|Champion System|2011}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = }}
{{family name hatnote|[[Wu (surname)|Wu]]|lang=Chinese}} '''Wu Kin San''' ({{zh|t=胡健燊|p=Wǔ Jiànxīn|j=wu<sup>4</sup> gin<sup>3</sup> san<sup>1</sup>}}; born May 4, 1985, in [[Hong Kong Island|Hong Kong]]) is a Hong Kong professional road cyclist,<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Wu Kin San|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wu/wu-kin-san-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062628/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wu/wu-kin-san-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 9 April 2013}}</ref> who last rode for the {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}} team.
==Professional career== Wu began cycling at the age of twelve, and having shown his great talent and passion for sport, turned pro just 8 years later. In 2005, he claimed numerous titles road race at the [[Tour of South China Sea]] in [[Macau]] and [[Hong Kong]], while playing for Purapharm Cycling Team. A year later, Wu signed a contract with {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} to undergo a training in [[Milan, Italy]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Wang|first=Jasmine|title=Wu out to impress Italians|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/558649/wu-out-impress-italians|publisher=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=1 August 2006|accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref> Following his return to Hong Kong, Wu supposedly started his first race for the [[Tour of Qinghai Lake]], but {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} decided to withdraw from the tour. Few months later, his contract with the Italian pro cycling firm ended.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chan|first=Kin-wa|title=Lampre's withdrawal from tour leaves Wu in limbo|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/551213/lampres-withdrawal-tour-leaves-wu-limbo|publisher=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=3 June 2006|accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref>
In 2007, Wu started his season with the Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team by winning his first ever national Under-23 championship title in 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 16 seconds. A year later, Wu switched his focus to the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], where he finished the [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|men's road race]] in 88th place with a time of 7:05:57.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Road Race |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CRM012100/index.html |work=[[Beijing 2008]] |publisher=[[NBC Olympics]] |accessdate=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213124/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRM012100/index.html |archivedate=19 August 2012 }}</ref> Wu also became the first ever cyclist from Hong Kong to successfully complete the Olympic road race.
==Career highlights== {{div col}} ;2005 : 1st Stage 6 [[Tour d'Indonesia]], Malang (INA) : 1st Overall [[Tour of South China Sea]] :: 1st Stages 1, 3 & 8 ;2006 : 1st Stage 1 [[Tour of Siam]], Saphan Hin (THA) ;2007 : 1st National Road Race Championships : 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships ;2008 : 3rd Overall Cepa Tour ;2009 : 4th Hong Kong Criterium Series ;2010 : 4th National Road Race Championships : 1st Stage 2 Hong Kong Road Race : 2nd Hong Kong Criterium Series : 10th [[Tour of South China Sea]] ;2012 : 4th National Road Race Championships {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131005004355/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=56911/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile] *[http://teamchampionsystem.com/team_detail.php?id=64 Player Bio – Champion System] *{{cycling archives|15410}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Kin San}} [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Hong Kong male cyclists]] [[Category:21st-century Hong Kong sportsmen]] [[Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic cyclists for Hong Kong]] [[Category:Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games]] [[Category:Asian Games cyclists for Hong Kong]]