Chew Choon Eng (born 28 May 1976) is a Malaysian former

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. He was a gold medalists at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ...

in the men's doubles event, also at the

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

and 2001 SEA Games in the mixed doubles and men's team events respectively. Chew also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

. He reached a career high as world number 1 in the men's doubles on 11 April 2002.

Career

Chew won the World Grand Prix tournament in 2002 Japan Open. He competed in

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed do ...

in men's doubles with a partner Chan Chong Ming. They defeated Theodoros Velkos and George Patis of Greece in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Zheng Bo and

Sang Yang Sang Yang (; born: 17 July 1982) is a retired Chinese badminton player and former Olympian from Zhejiang. Career Sang started representing China in the junior tournament, and at the 1998 Asian Junior Badminton Championships, 1998 and 2000 Asia ...

of China. Chew was coaching Malaysian professional pair consist of 2016 Olympic Games silver medallist,

Chan Peng Soon Chan Peng Soon (born 27 April 1988) is a Malaysian former badminton player specialised in the mixed doubles event. He has had a partnership with Goh Liu Ying where they have been consistently ranked among the top 10 mixed doubles pair in th ...

and

Goh Liu Ying Goh Liu Ying (; born 30 May 1989) is a Malaysian former badminton player. She had been consistently ranked among the top 10 mixed doubles player in the world with her partner, Chan Peng Soon. Together, they were ranked as high as world No. ...

and

Goh V Shem Goh V Shem (; born Goh Wei Shem; 20 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player in the doubles event. He was partnered with Tan Wee Kiong after their outstanding performance at the 2014 Thomas Cup. Together, Goh and Tan won the gold medal fo ...

and Tan Wee Kiong.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

Commonwealth Games

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

SEA Games

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983 to 2006. The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...

(BWF) from 2007 to 2017. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : IBF & BWF Grand Prix tournament

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chew, Choon Eng 1976 births Living people Badminton players from Penang Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Malaysia Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games badminton players for Malaysia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton World No. 1 badminton players Malaysian badminton coaches