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Matthew Chau (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian
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 four times men's doubles Oceania Champion winning in 2015–2018. Chau competed in the men's doubles at the
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alongside Sawan Serasinghe. Chau picked up his first badminton racquet at age 10, following his parents to the Monash University Badminton Club where they played socially. The now 22-year-old fell in love with the all rounded nature of the sport and says he enjoys that badminton demands speed, strength, endurance, skill, tactical smarts and hard work from its athletes. Chau first partnered with Serasinghe at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival and the duo went on to secure the Rio quota spot for Australia by winning the 2016 Oceania Championships title. Chau also took home the men's doubles title with Serasinghe at the Waikato International tournament and competed at his first World Championships 2016 at just 20 years old in Jakarta, Indonesia. When he is not playing, Chau studies a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering and enjoys cooking.


Achievements


Oceania Championships

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


BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :
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. ...
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. ...
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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chau, Matthew 1994 births Living people Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Australian people of Chinese descent Sportspeople of Chinese descent Australian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Australia Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia People from Mount Waverley, Victoria Badminton players from Melbourne 21st-century Australian sportsmen