Julia Wong Pei Xian (, born 12 September 1987) is a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from

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Career

Wong was a champion of the women' singles event at the

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in 2005, 2007 and 2008, also in the doubles event in 2006. In 2006, she won the women's singles title in Sri Lanka Satellite tournament. Wong played the

2007 BWF World Championships The 2007 BWF World Championships was the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007. Host city selection Aarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candid ...

in women's singles, and was defeated in the second round by

Maria Kristin Yulianti Maria Kristin Yulianti (born 25 June 1985) is an Indonesian badminton player. She is a bronze medalist in Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, women's singles at the 2008 Olympics. Career 2004 Yulianti played in some s ...

, of

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, 16-21, 21-14, 21-18. In 2008, she played at the

Macau Open Badminton Championships The Macau Open Badminton Championships () is an open international championship in badminton held in Macau. In the 2002 International Badminton Federation (IBF) calendar, the first badminton tournament in Macau was held as Macau Satellite. IBF the ...

in women's singles, and cruised to the final against Zhou Mi but she lost to her 21-13, 21-19. Before that she did beat Wang Lin and

Yip Pui Yin Yip Pui Yin (; born 6 August 1987) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. Career Yip played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round after beating Laura Molina of Spain an ...

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

''Women's singles''

ASEAN University Games

''Women's singles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by

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(BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament :

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& IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

''Women's singles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

& Asian Satellite tournament

References

External links

BWF Player Profile

Badminton Malaysia Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Julia 1987 births Living people Badminton players from Malacca Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games