Sharlene Wong Hung Yan

Biography

Wang Hong Yan was born in Hong Kong in 1994 and is the only child of her family. She studied at Kwun Tong Government Primary School and began training in rhythmic gymnastics in the third grade at the Hong Kong Sports Institute, joining the Hong Kong women's rhythmic gymnastics team by the sixth grade. She competed in several national and international gymnastics championships, winning first place in the ribbon event at the 2009 National Youth Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships and earning the title of National First-Class Athlete. She retired from gymnastics in 2012 due to academic demands and physical flexibility constraints. After retiring, she obtained a degree in Sports and Recreation Studies from Hong Kong Baptist University, where she received a full scholarship in recognition of her athletic achievements. She began her media career in 2017 as a certified rhythmic gymnastics coach with the International Gymnastics Federation, then joined TVB as a program host in 2018. In 2021, she signed with TVB as a contracted actress and also works as a fitness coach specializing in high-intensity interval training and Pilates.