Lim Chi Wing (born 11 April 1995) 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 who specifies in playing men's singles. He won a silver medal in the men's team event at the
2017 Southeast Asian Games
The 2017 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 29th Southeast Asian Games, or the 29th SEA Games, and commonly known as Kuala Lumpur 2017, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event that took place from 19 to 30 August 2017 in Kuala ...
.
Career
He started playing badminton when he was 7 before joining the
Bukit Jalil Sports School
The Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) (, SSBJ) is the first sports school in Malaysia. The school is located at the Kompleks Sukan Negara, National Sports Complex compound in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil was opened in 19 ...
. In 2014, he was called up to the national team. He won his first title at the 2014
Bangladesh International, defeating
Subhankar Dey
Subhankar Dey (born 6 June 1993) is an Indian badminton player. Born in Kolkata, he currently trains in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, at his own badminton academy named Subhankar Dey Badminton Academy. He is also running another Badminton Centre which is ...
of India with a score of 21–12, 21–17. Later that same year, he won his second career title at the
Vietnam International.
Two years later, he would go onto achieve a runner-up position at the
India International. He failed to defend his
Vietnam International title as he lost to Vietnamese veteran
Nguyễn Tiến Minh
Nguyễn Tiến Minh (born February 12, 1983) is a Vietnamese badminton player. His best achievement to date was the bronze medal at the 2013 BWF World Championships, World Championship in 2013.
Career
Introduced to badminton by his father ...
in 2 games. In August 2019, he left the national team to pursue his career as an independent player. In December 2022, Lim announced his retirement from international badminton to start his new career as a coach after his semifinal loss at the
Malaysia International Challenge.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
''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
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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
Performance timeline
National team
* ''Senior level''
Individual competitions
* ''Junior level''
* ''Senior level''
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Badminton players from Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Malaysian male badminton players
Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia
SEA Games medalists in badminton
21st-century Malaysian sportsmen