Career
Barton Lui has also qualified to compete for Hong Kong at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. By doing so he became the first male athlete to qualify from Hong Kong in short track speed skating, and has also carried the flag during the opening ceremony. Lui grew up in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong.
He is fluent in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin.
Lui began short-track skating training at age 10 in Hong Kong. However, due to lack of venue for proper training, he moved to Vancouver in his teens for training.
Later, he moved to train in Changchun, Jilin in China before moving to train at of Korea National Sports University in Seoul, South of Korea in 2012. His international competition debut took place in 2010 World Championships in the 1000m event.
At November"s 2012 World Cup Championship in Turin and Kolomna, Russia, he qualified for the 1500m event for the short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
He is currently the record holder in 500m, 1000m, and 1500m in short track speed skating for Hong Kong.
