Bio
Year of Birth: 1983
Gender: Male
Place of Birth: Austria
Training Venue: Austria and United Kingdom
Riding Since: Age 14
Equestrian Discipline: Jumping, Eventing
HKSI Sponsorship Athletes 2022/2023
Best Result
Team Jumping (1.60m) in Valkenswaard, Netherlands 2019
Hong Kong representative for 18th Asian Games Jumping and Eventing in Jakarta 2018
Team Jumping (1.60m) Bronze Medalist at 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou 2010
Hong Kong representative for 12th and 13th National Games in Shenyang 2013 and Tianjin 2017
Individual Jumping Gold and Team Jumping Bronze Medalist at 11th National Games in Jinan 2009
Background
Patrick Lam has been a sports lover since a young age. He was into conventional sports such as running, football and basketball. The first time he tried horse riding was in his teenage years and he was immediately hooked.
At the Beijing 2008 Olympics, Patrick was selected to be one of the first ever Hong Kong equestrian team members. Much to the delight of the Hong Kong supporters, he produced a superb clear round in the opening class and the individual jumping qualifier, making him the only rider from Hong Kong and China to go through to the third qualifier.
Patrick and his team members won the first team medal for Hong Kong with a team jumping bronze medal at the 11th Jinan National Games 2009, in which he also took home the individual jumping gold medal with two clear rounds. In 2010, Patrick won a team jumping bronze medal at the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games.
In 2015, Patrick won an individual jumping silver medal at the FEI World Cup Jumping Chinese League. In 2016, riding Al Capone in the FEI World Jumping Chinese League, he finished won the gold medal and became the China league champion.
In addition to jumping, Patrick has evented for Hong Kong since 2017. He was a representative for both jumping and eventing teams at the 18th Jakarta Asian Games 2018, and represented Hong Kong for the Olympic Team Jumping and Eventing Qualifiers in 2019.
In 2019 at the FEI Asian Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, Patrick won gold in the team jumping. In addition to this he was both team and individual eventing silver medalist. In 2020, he achieved the Certificate of Capability to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Jumping Individual competition with Claron CR.
