Jeff Tho

Jeff Tho
Personal information
Birth name	Jeffrey Tho
Country	Australia
Born	(1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 36) Ipoh, Malaysia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Men's
Highest ranking	161 (MS) 15 Jul 2010 362 (MD) 15 Jul 2010 836 (XD) 13 Sep 2012
Medal record Badminton Representing   Australia Oceania Championships 2014 Ballarat Men's singles 2008 Nouméa Men's singles
BWF profile

Jeffrey Tho (born 14 April 1988) is an Australian male badminton player. ^[1] He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. ^{[2] [3]} In 2014, he won the gold medal at the Oceania Championships in the men's singles event, he also won bronze in 2008. ^[4]

Personal life

Prior to beginning his badminton career, Tho worked as a dentist in Ballarat, Victoria. ^[5]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia	Ashwant Gobinathan	21-13, 21-15	Gold
2008	Nouméa, New Caledonia	John Moody	15-21, 8-21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Fiji International	Ismail Saman	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Nouméa International	Joel Findlay	Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe	21–17, 7–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Victoria Achievements

• Awarded the 2003 Victorian School Blue Award for Badminton
• Runner-up in the U19 Men's Doubles event at the 2005 U19 Australasian Badminton Championships
• Runner-up in the U19 Men's Singles event at the 2005 U19 Australasian Badminton Championships
• Selected into the U17 Victorian Badminton team (2000–2004)
• Selected into the Under 19 Victorian Badminton team from 2002 to 2006
• Winner of the U19 Mixed Doubles title at the 2005 U19 Australasian Badminton Championships

References

1. "Players: Jeff Tho". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 11 February 2017.
2. "Commonwealth Games 2010: Badminton results". BBC. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
3. "Jeff Tho Biography". results.glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
4. "2014 Oceania Championships: Tho, Kessler Win Singles Titles". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 11 February 2017.
5. Henderson, Fiona (29 July 2014). "Ballarat dentist Jeffrey Tho fights tooth and nail in Glasgow". The Courier . Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

External links

• Jeff Tho at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)