Jason Gunawan (; born 18 June 2004) 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 Hong Kong.

Biography

Gunawan was born on 18 June 2004 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, to Chinese-Indonesian parents. His father played for the provincial badminton team when he was in Indonesia. He became interested in badminton and started learning the sport at four years old after watching the Lee-Lin rivalry during the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. As a child, he and his father would go to the local sports center every Sunday to practice, and he eventually made the Hong Kong junior badminton team. Gunawan attended

Diocesan Boys' School The Diocesan Boys' School (DBS) is a day and boarding Anglican boys' school in Hong Kong, located at 131 Argyle Street, Hong Kong, Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon. The school's mission is "to provide a liberal education based on Christianity ...

, and won the Jing Ying All-School competition twice in a row. He dropped out in Form 4 to train as a full-time athlete at the

Hong Kong Sports Institute The Hong Kong Sports Institute () is a sports institute located in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is mandated to provide training to athletes, and also offers academic qualification in the field of sports training. The institute sponsors ...

. Three months later, he won the men's singles event at the 2020

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

, becoming the youngest player to do so at the age of 16. However, the Sports Institute was eventually shut down due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, forcing Gunawan to take a three-year hiatus from training and only return to competitive sports in May 2022.

Achievements

BWF Junior International (2 titles)

''Boys' singles U-15'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunawan, Jason 2004 births Living people Hong Kong male badminton players Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games