Cheung Yuk
| Cheung Yuk | |
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| Nationality |
 Hong Kong
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| Residence | Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Born |
28 October 1981 Jiangsu, China |
| Playing style | Left-handed, shakehand |
| Equipment(s) | Butterfly Bracy |
| Highest ranking | 12 (July 2008) |
| Current ranking | 80 (February 2013) |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Cheung Yuk (Chinese: 張鈺; pinyin: Zhāng Yù; Jyutping: zoeng1 juk6; born October 28, 1981 in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China) is a Hong Kong table tennis player. As of February 2013, Cheung is ranked no. 80 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Cheung is also left-handed, and uses the offensive, shakehand grip.
Representing his adopted nation Hong Kong, Cheung made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in both the singles and doubles tournament. For his first event, the men's doubles, Cheung and his partner Leung Chu Yan won the preliminary pool round against Greece's Kalinikos Kreanga and Ntaniel Tsiokas, and Australia's Simon Gerada and Mark Smythe, attaining two victories, four games, and a total score of 98 points. The Hong Kong pair progressed to the knock-out stage, but they narrowly lost to the South Korean duo Ryu Seung-Min and Lee Chul-Seung, with a set score of 2–3. In the men's singles, Cheung defeated Brazil's Hugo Hoyama and Canada's Kurt Liu for a spot on the knock-out stage, by placing first in the preliminary pool round, with two victories and a score of 182 points. Cheung, however, lost the first round for the second time to Japan's Koji Matsushita, receiving a unanimous set score of 0–3.
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