Tobias Ng (born 8 October 1985) is a
Canadian
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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. Born and raised in
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. Th ...
,
British Columbia
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, Ng's father is from Hong Kong and his mother from Macau. He started playing badminton at the Kensington Community Centre, when he was about six years old. He competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics in the
mixed doubles
Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...
event with partner
Grace Gao. His younger brother,
Derrick Ng
Derrick Ng (born September 21, 1987) is a male Canadian badminton player from Vancouver, British Columbia. He has been the top ranked men's doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. He is the current an ...
, is also an elite level player.
Since 2020, Toby coaches advanced to professional level athletes at the Bellevue Badminton Club.
Achievements
Pan American Games
''Mixed doubles''
Pan Am Championships
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels:
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...
(BWF) since 2007.
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
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BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
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BWF Grand Prix BWF may refer to: Sports organisations Badminton
* Badminton World Federation, an international governing body for badminton
Professional wrestling
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tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
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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
The Badminton ...
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
References
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Toby Ngat the
Toronto 2015 Pan American Games
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1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Vancouver
Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Canadian male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of Canada
Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Badminton players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games