Chong Wei Feng (born 26 May 1987) is a Malaysian retired
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 drafted into the national team in 2004. His best achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 and 2013
China Open, where he was defeated by
Chen Long on both occasions.
Background
Chong was born on 26 May 1987 in
Sungai Petani
Sungai Petani ( abbr. Sg. Petani or SP) is a city in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. The population of the municipal area of Sungai Petani is larger than Kedah's state capital, Alor Setar. It is located about 55 km south of Alor Set ...
,
Kedah
Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...
.
Chong started playing badminton at the age of nine, where he went to a private coaching centre.
Chong was drafted into the national team through
Badminton Association of Malaysia annual selections in 2004.
On 29 March 2016, Chong announced his resignation from BAM effective 1 May 2016.
Achievements
Asian Championships
''Men's singles''
Southeast Asian Games
''Men's singles''
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was 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) and played between 2007 and 2017.
''Men's singles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
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BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men'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.
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tournament
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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.
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tournament
References
External links
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archive
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1987 births
Living people
Badminton players from Kedah
Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Malaysian male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton
Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2015 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
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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