Mak Hee Chun

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Mak Hee Chun
麦喜俊
Personal information
CountryHong Kong
Born (1990-12-28) 28 December 1990 (age 33)
Perak, Malaysia
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking19 (MD 11 November 2010)
20 (XD 15 November 2010)
Current ranking411 (MD)
440 (XD) (20 September 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Representing Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Jakarta Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Singapore Men's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Pune Boys' doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Pune Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Pune Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Waitakere Boys' doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Incheon Boys' doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Incheon Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Kuala Lumpur Boys' doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Kuala Lumpur Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Mak Hee Chun (born 28 August 1990) is a Malaysian badminton player and represented Hong Kong since 2016. [1]

Contents

Career

He started his career as a junior player by reaching the semi-final round and winning bronze in the boys' doubles event at the BWF World Junior Championships in 2006 and 2007 with Lim Khim Wah. [2] [3] Partnered with Teo Kok Siang, he won gold in 2008. [4] He also won bronze in the mixed doubles event with Vivian Hoo Kah Mun. At the 2008 Asia Junior Championships, he won gold in the boys' doubles teamed-up with Teo. [5]

In 2009, he reached the final of the Malaysia International Challenge and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles event with Ng Hui Lin. [6] At the same year, he reached the semi-final at the Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Tan Wee Kiong. [7] In September 2012, he dropped from the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), and then started to play as an independent player. [8] In 2014, he won the men's doubles title at the Malaysia National Circuit Grand Prix Finals with Tan Bin Shen. [9]

In early 2015, he was recalled to join Malaysia national badminton team in order to strengthen the men's doubles department. But, in August 2015, he immediately resigned from the BAM due his performance with his partner in the men's doubles Teo Kok Siang unsatisfactory. [10] [11]

In 2016, he started to representing Hong Kong at the international tournament, and at the National Championships, he was the men's and mixed doubles runner-up partnered with Yeung Shing Choi and Tse Ying Suet respectively. [12] In 2017, he won the mixed doubles title at the Tata Open India International Challenge tournament with Yeung Nga Ting. [13]

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Badminton Hall Shree Shiv Chhatrapati,
Pune, India
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teo Kok Siang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chai Biao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiu Zihan
21–18, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold
2007 Waitakere Trusts Stadium,
Waitakere City, New Zealand
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Khim Wah Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Eui-seok
Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Baek-cheol
13–21, 13–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2006 Samsan World Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Khim Wah Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Yong-dae
Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Gun-woo
6–21, 11–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Mixed' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Badminton Hall Shree Shiv Chhatrapati,
Pune, India
Flag of Malaysia.svg Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Lu
12–21, 7–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teo Kok Siang Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-woo
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ki-jung
21–13, 21–18 Med 1.png Gold
2006 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Khim Wah Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Gun-woo
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Yong-dae
11–21, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Malaysia International Flag of Malaysia.svg Chow Pak Chuu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Chia-yu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Hsiao-lin
12–21, 21–10, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Mongolia International Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chau Hoi Wah Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchapol Makkasasithorn
Flag of Thailand.svg Benyapa Aimsaard
22–20, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Tata Open India International Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yeung Nga Ting Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chang Tak Ching
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng Wing Yung
21–11, 17–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Malaysia International Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Lin Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Wee Kiong
Flag of Malaysia.svg Woon Khe Wei
6–21, 21–13, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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