Alex Yuwan Tjong

Last updated
Alex Yuwan Tjong
Personal information
CountryBrazil
Born (1991-03-01) 1 March 1991 (age 32)
Campinas, São Paulo
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
CoachRight
Men's
Highest ranking93 (MS) 4 Jun 2015
54 (MD) 8 Dec 2011
48 (XD) 9 Apr 2015
Medal record
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto Mixed doubles
Pan American Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Campinas Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Lima Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Campinas Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Markham Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Lima Mixed team
South American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Medellín Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Medellín Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Medellín Mixed team
BWF profile

Alex Yuwan Tjong (born 1 March 1991) is a Brazilian male badminton player. He started playing badminton in his hometown in 1997 at age six because his father took him and his brothers to play badminton on a weekend. In 2004, at age 13, he selected to join the Brazil national badminton team. [1] In 2015, at age 24, he competed at the Pan American Games and won a bronze in the mixed doubles event partnered with Lohaynny Vicente. [2] [3]

Contents

Achievements

Pan American Games

Mixed Doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Flag of Brazil.svg Lohaynny Vicente Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandra Bruce
17-21, 16-21 Med 3.png Bronze

Pan American Championships

Men's Singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2016 Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Anthony Ho-Shue 14-21, 18-21 Med 3.png Bronze

Men's Doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012 Coliseo Manuel Bonilla, Miraflores,
Lima, Peru
Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Paiola Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adrian Liu
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Derrick Ng
9-21, 9-21 Med 2.png Silver

South American Games

Men's Doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Medellín, Colombia Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Paiola Flag of Peru.svg Antonio de Vinatea
Flag of Peru.svg Rodrigo Pacheco
14-21, 19-21 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed Doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Medellín, Colombia Flag of Brazil.svg Yasmin Cury Flag of Peru.svg Rodrigo Pacheco
Flag of Peru.svg Claudia Rivero
15-21, 15-21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Colombia International Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Paiola Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Greco
Flag of Italy.svg Rosario Maddaloni
21-16, 21-17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Venezuela International Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio da Silva Soares Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Arthuso
Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Paiola
21-16, 18–21, 14-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Santo Domingo Open Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Arthuso Flag of Jamaica.svg Gareth Henry
Flag of Jamaica.svg Samuel O'Brien Ricketts
21-19, 16–21, 15-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Brazil International Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Arthuso Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Chew
Flag of the United States.svg Sattawat Pongnairat
21-12, 13–21, 15-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Argentina International Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Arthuso Flag of Peru.svg Andres Corpancho
Flag of Peru.svg Gonzalo Duany
21-18, 21-19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Mercosul International Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Arthuso Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Frohlich
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Svata Zdenek
22-20, 21-15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Internacional Mexicano Flag of Brazil.svg Luis Henrique Dos Santos Jr. Flag of Mexico.svg Lino Munoz
Flag of Mexico.svg Andres Lopez
21-15, 14–21, 18-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed Doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Puerto Rico International Flag of Brazil.svg Lohaynny Vicente Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Paiola
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
21-12, 18–21, 25-23Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Chile International Challenge Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Chew
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Subandhi
14-21, 14-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Argentina International Flag of Brazil.svg Lohaynny Vicente Flag of Austria.svg David Obernosterer
Flag of Austria.svg Elisabeth Baldauf
RetiredSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Colombia International Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva Flag of Peru.svg Daniel La Torre Regal
Flag of Peru.svg Daniela Macias
21-19, 19–21, 21-14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Internacional Mexicano Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Austria.svg David Obernosterer
Flag of Austria.svg Elisabeth Baldauf
17-21, 17-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Chile International Flag of Brazil.svg Lohaynny Vicente Flag of Peru.svg Mario Cuba
Flag of Peru.svg Katherine Winder
18-21, 16-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Argentina International Flag of Brazil.svg Lohaynny Vicente Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Arthuso
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
21-19, 21-19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Santo Domingo Open Flag of Brazil.svg Lohaynny Vicente Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Arthuso
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
21-9, 21-13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sattawat Pongnairat</span> American badminton player

Sattawat Pongnairat is an American badminton player who competed at 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He trained at the Orange County Badminton club, and in 2015, he won a gold medal in men's doubles with teammate Phillip Chew at the Pan American Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcus Ellis</span> British badminton player

Marcus Ellis is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, also gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. At the 2019 Minsk European Games, Ellis captured two gold medals; in the men's doubles with Langridge and in the mixed doubles event with Lauren Smith.

Iris Wang is an American badminton player who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Lohaynny Caroline de Oliveira Vicente is a Brazilian badminton player who has qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in her home city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Luana Tamara de Oliveira Vicente is a Brazilian badminton player who won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ygor Coelho</span> Brazilian badminton player

Ygor Coelho de Oliveira is a Brazilian badminton player. He won the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships six times in the boys' singles and four times in the mixed doubles event with Lohaynny Vicente. Oliveira placed 27th in the world junior ranking and went on to compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Puerto Rico International in the men's singles event. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and became the first Brazil's male Olympic badminton player. He clinched three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games in the men's singles, doubles, and team event. Coelho won a gold medal in the men's singles at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.

Bastian Kersaudy is a French badminton player from the Chambly Oise club. He has won some international tournament includes, the 2014 Brazil International in the men's doubles event partnered with Gaetan Mittelheisser, the 2015 Slovenia International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Léa Palermo, and at the 2017 Estonian International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Julien Maio.

Daniela Macías Brandes is a Peruvian badminton player., Tokyo 2020 Olympian...

Nelson Javier Ozuna is a Dominican Republic badminton player.

Job Castillo Galindo is a Mexican badminton player. He won the men's doubles title at the 2022 Pan Am Championships partnering Luis Montoya. At the 2015 Pan American Games, he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles with Lino Muñoz. Castillo also part of Mexican winning team at the 2018 and 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. In his junior career, he competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.

Dylan Darmohoetomo is a Surinamese badminton player and coach. He is a member of the Surinamese badminton club Perfect Flying Feathers (P.F.F.). He was the flagbearer for Suriname at the 2019 Pan Am Games

Katherine Wynter is a Jamaican badminton player. She won the 2016 Jamaica International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Ruth Williams. Wynter was the bronze medalists in the mixed doubles at the 2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships partnered with Dennis Coke, and also in the team event and women's doubles at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. She competed at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Hugo Lemos Arthuso is a Brazilian male badminton player. He competed at the Pan American Games in 2011 and 2015.

Iván León But is a Chilean badminton player. In 2015, he competed at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. In 2016, he became the men's doubles runner-up at the Chile International tournament partnered with Bastián Lizama and the champion in the mixed doubles event with Camila Macaya. He also won two bronze medals at the 2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships in the men's singles and doubles event. He clinched three bronze medals at the 2018 South American Games in the men's doubles, mixed doubles and team event.

Leodannis Martínez Palacio is a Cuban badminton player. In 2014, Martínez placed third at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in the men's doubles and mixed team event. In 2015, he competed at the Pan Am Games in Toronto, Canada. In 2016, he won the Giraldilla International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Ernesto Reyes. He claimed 4 medals at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Mario Cuba Rodríguez is a Peruvian badminton player. He competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, 2011 and 2015, and 2019 Pan American Games. In 2015 Pan American Games, he won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles event partnered with Katherine Winder.

Mathew Fogarty is an American male badminton player who has specialized in doubles events. He has shared the men's double title in four U.S. National Badminton Championships with three different partners. In 1985, Partnering with Bruce Pontow from Chicago Illinois, coming out of retirement after 2 years, Pontow and Fogarty established the greatest “Underdog” defeat in Men's Doubles history defeating Korean All-England Champions Kim Moon-soo and Lee Deuk-choon in Thomas Cup held in Vancouver, Canada after the Men's Team with Legendary coach and player Park Joo-bong challenged into and winning the Pan American Zone. The victory by far the best an Unranked pair competed against the best in the world during the era from 1985 until 1991 Korea Dominated World Badminton by winning many of the All-England doubles events with 16 wins to Korea, 4 to China, and 1 win to Nora Perry from England and Billy Gilliland from Scotland. In 2008, he won the bronze medal at the Pan Am Badminton Championships in the mixed team event. He also won the men's doubles bronze medal in 2009 and 2014. In 2015, at age 58, Fogarty became the oldest shuttler competing at the BWF World Championships at the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium, Jakarta. He has been qualified for the BWF World Championships seven times. He practiced six days a week after work to maintain his fitness. Fogarty works as a Physician by practice in the US Navy.

Taymara Oropesa Pupo is a Cuban badminton player.

Antonio Ocegueda is a Mexican male badminton player. He competed at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games. In 2014, he won the silver medal in the mixed team event and the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Gareth Andre Theodore Henry is a Jamaican badminton player. He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games; and 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games. Henry was part of the national team that won the men's team bronze at the 2018 Pan Am Men's Team Championships. Partnered with Samuel O’Brien Ricketts, he clinched the men's doubles gold at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

References

  1. "Players: Alex Yuwan Tjong". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. "Badminton - Athlete Profile: Tjong Alex Yuwan". results.toronto2015.org. Toronto 2015. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. "Badminton: Alex Tjong e Lohaynny Vicente caem e ficam com bronze". odia.ig.com.br. O Dia . Retrieved 10 February 2017.