Chia Wei Jie ( zh, t=謝煒傑, p=Xiè Wěijié, poj=Chiā Úi-kia̍t; born 3 January 2000) is a Malaysian

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 part of the Malaysian team that won a silver medal at the

2017 BWF World Junior Championships The 2017 BWF World Junior Championships (officially known as the Djarum, Blibli.com Yonex-Sunrise BWF World Junior Championships 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth tournament of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held in Yog ...

Career

2017–2018

In July 2017, Chia won the boys' doubles bronze medal with

Ng Tze Yong Ng Tze Yong ( zh, t=黃智勇, p=Huáng Zhìyǒng; born 16 May 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. Ng won a bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup. He also helped Malaysian team to win gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships and ...

at the

2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships The 2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships is the 20th edition of the Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, between 22 and 30 July 2017. There ...

. He was also part of Malaysia's mixed team that won two consecutive bronze medals at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in 2017 and

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2019–2021

In November 2019, Chia partnered with

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at the India International and became the runners-up. In March 2021, he partnered with Chang Yee Jun and earned the runner-up position at the Polish Open.

2022

In January, Chia and partner Low Hang Yee entered the final of the

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but lost out to

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and

Andy Kwek Andy Kwek Jun Liang (; born 22 April 1999) is a Singaporean badminton player. He won a bronze medal for Singapore as part of the team at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships and 2019, 2021 and also 2023 SEA Games. In 2022, Kwek won a title ...

. In the following week, they entered their second consecutive final and captured their first international title at the Ukraine Open. Following the good results with his partner, he was selected as a backup player for the Malaysian squad at the

2022 Thomas & Uber Cup The 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd edition of the Thomas Cup and the 29th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton champi ...

2023

In May, Chia made his debut at the

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where he helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the men's team event. He later on competed in the men's doubles event with

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but crashed out in the quarter-finals. In July, Chia and Liew entered their first final as a pair at the

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and finished as runners-up. In October, the pair reached the final of

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, losing out to teammates Fazriq Razif and Wong Vin Sean.

2024

Now a professional player, Chia and his new partner, Lwi Sheng Hao, participated in the

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in December. They clinched the title by defeating China's

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and Liu Yang in the final.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF World Tour (1 title)

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(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

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

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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. ...

tournament :

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

tournament

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chia, Wei Jie 2000 births Living people Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games