Jeff Tho

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Jeff Tho
Personal information
Birth nameJeffrey Tho
CountryAustralia
Born (1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 35)
Ipoh, Malaysia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Men's
Highest ranking161 (MS) 15 Jul 2010
362 (MD) 15 Jul 2010
836 (XD) 13 Sep 2012
Medal record
Badminton
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Ballarat Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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]

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Personal life

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

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's Singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashwant Gobinathan 21-13, 21-15 Med 1.png Gold
2008 Nouméa, New Caledonia Flag of New Zealand.svg John Moody 15-21, 8-21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2006Fiji International Flag of Malaysia.svg Ismail Saman 19–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Nouméa International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joel Findlay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
21–17, 7–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Victoria Achievements

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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. 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.