Jacky Kok Jing Hong (; born 12 March 2002) is a Malaysian

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player. In 2022, he won his first senior title at the

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Career

2016–2020: Junior career

In August 2016, Kok made his international debut at the Jakarta Junior International. He finished as the runner-up in the boys' singles U-15 event and reached the semi-final of the boys' doubles U-15 event. In October 2017, he was the runner-up in the boys' doubles U-17 event with Ooi Jhy Dar at the Badminton Asia U-15 & U-17 Junior Championships. He also reached the semi-final of the boys' singles U-17 event. Less than a month later, he was crowned the boys' singles U-17 champion at the Korea Junior International. In April 2018, Kok won the boys' singles U-17 title at the Jaya Raya Junior International. In December 2018, he finished as the men's singles U-19 runner-up at the Korea Junior International. In 2020, Kok was promoted to the national team at the age 18 from the badminton team of Bukit Jalil Sports School. In March 2020, he competed at the German Junior International and won the men's singles U-19 title defeating Alvi Wijaya Chairullah in the final.

2022

In January, Kok managed to advance to the final at the

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, but lost out to France's

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. In the following week, he competed at the Swedish Open and won his first international title by walkover from compatriot

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. He was part of the men's team that earned Malaysia their first gold medal at the

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in February. In May, he made his debut at the 2021 SEA Games where he helped Malaysia win the silver medal in the men's team event.

2023

Kok made his second appearance at the SEA Games in

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as a replacement for Justin Hoh, who had to withdraw due to injuries. In the men's team event, he won the match that allowed the Malaysian team to advance to the final. The team ended the Games as the silver medallists after losing to Indonesia.

Achievements

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

''Men's singles'' :

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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

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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

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* 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Kedah Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Malaysian people {{Malaysia-badminton-bio-stub