Soong Joo Ven (; born 19 May 1995) is a Malaysian

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player. He was part of the Malaysian team that won gold in the

2011 BWF World Junior Championships The 2011 BWF World Junior Championships is the thirteenth tournament of the BWF World Junior Championships. This tournament was held in Taoyuan, Taiwan at Taoyuan Arena from October 28 to November 6, 2011. Host city In June 2009, the Chinese T ...

mixed team event.

Career

2011-2017

He won silver medal at the 2012 Asia Junior Championships in the boys' singles event after losing to Kento Momota of Japan. He was the runner-up of the 2015

Malaysia International The Malaysia International is an open international badminton tournament in Malaysia established since 1997. This tournament also known as ''Malaysia Satellite'', ''Malaysia Asian Satellite'', and ''Malaysia International Challenge''. This tournamen ...

Challenge tournament in the men's singles event, and in 2016, he also became the runner-up of the Scottish Open Grand Prix tournament. In 2017, he reached the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold semifinals.

2018

He was a runner-up at the

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, where he lost to Sameer Verma in two games. He also had a few quarterfinal finishes at the

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and the Korea Masters.

2019

He won the

by beating compatriot Cheam June Wei. He was also a semifinalist at the Indonesia Masters Super 100 event in Bangka Belitung.

2022

Alongside

Goh Jin Wei Goh Jin Wei ( zh, s=吴堇溦, t=吳堇溦, poj=Gô͘ Kín-bî, j=Ng4 Gan2 Mei4, p=Wú Jǐnwēi; born 30 January 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. She won the 2015 and 2018 BWF World Junior Championships and the girls' singles title at t ...

, he joined the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Club (KLRC) and is currently being coached by

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and former national player Sairul Amar Ayob. Shortly after, he lost in the second round of the India Open to Mithun Manjunath. He then reached the semifinals of the Korea Masters and the Taipei Open.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

BWF World Tour (1 runner-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

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(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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. ''Men's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-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

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of 24 July 2022.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soong, Joo Ven 1995 births Living people People from Selangor Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton