Shevon Jemie Lai (; born 8 August 1993) 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.

Career

Lai started playing badminton at her primary school SJKC Kuen Cheng 2, then in 2011 she joined the

Malaysia national badminton team The Malaysia national badminton team () is a badminton team that plays for Malaysia in international competitions. The men's team has won the Thomas Cup five times, most recently in 1992 and became runner-up nine times. In the Uber Cup competitio ...

. She competed at the

BWF World Junior Championships The BWF World Junior Championships, also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships, is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation to crown the best junior badminton players (U-19) in the world. The championship is held annuall ...

in the mixed team event and won a silver medal in

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, a bronze medal in

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, and a gold medal in

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. In 2012, she became the champion of the

Smiling Fish International The Thailand International () is an open international badminton tournament held in Thailand. It is one of the most important tournaments in Thailand behind the Thailand Open and Thailand Masters. The tournament is also known as the Thailand Satel ...

tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wong Fai Yin. She also became the semi-finalist of the Malaysia International tournament in women's doubles event partnered with

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and at the

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tournament in mixed's doubles event partnered with Ong Jian Guo. In 2013, she represented Kolej Komuniti Kuala Langat competed at the

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, Russia. In 2014, Lai became the semi-finalist of the

Singapore International Series The Singapore International or ''Singapore Satellite'', ''Cheers Asian Satellite'' is an open international badminton tournament in Singapore. In the last few years, this tournament has been an BWF International Series, International Series level. ...

and Malaysia International Challenge tournaments in mixed doubles event partnered with Tan Chee Tean. In September 2014, she became the runner-up of the Vietnam International Series tournament defeated by the Đào Mạnh Thắng and

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of Vietnam with the score 21–14, 21–11. In December 2014, she became the champion of the Bangladesh International tournament in mixed doubles event after defeat her compatriot Tan Wee Gieen and

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with the score 21–17, 21–18. In 2015, Lai became the runner-up of the Granular-Thailand International Challenge tournament in mixed doubles event after defeated by

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and former World Junior Champion

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of South Korea with the score 18–21, 21–19, 21–12. In November, she became the runner-up in mixed doubles event partnered with Tan Wee Gieen and semi-finalist in women's doubles event partnered with Peck Yen Wei at the Bangladesh International tournament. In 2016, Lai won the

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tournament in mixed doubles event partnered with Wong Fai Yin, after edging their teammates

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and Peck Yen Wei with the score 21–15, 21–17. She also became the runner-up of

tournament in mixed doubles. In November 2016, Lai was paired with

Goh Soon Huat Goh Soon Huat (; born 27 June 1990) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was a part of the Malaysia team that won bronze in the men's team event at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games. He switched to mixed doubles and paired up with Shevon Jemie Lai ...

a former men's singles player, and they will compete at the Malaysia International Challenge tournament.

Personal life

On 29 December 2022, Goh and Lai announced their engagement after dating each other for more than two years. They were married on 4 May 2024.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Mixed doubles''

SEA Games

''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite 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). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Mixed doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge / Series (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

''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

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lai, Shevon Jemie 1993 births Living people Badminton players from Selangor Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton