Simon Leung

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Simon Leung
梁永亨
Personal information
Birth nameSimon Wing Hang Leung
CountryAustralia
Born (1996-11-24) 24 November 1996 (age 28)
Brisbane, Australia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking62 (MD with Mitchell Wheller 14 January 2020)
51 (XD with Gronya Somerville 17 March 2020)
Current ranking79 (MD with Mitchell Wheller)
54 (XD with Gronya Somerville) (10 August 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Ballarat Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Papeete Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Papeete Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Hamilton Men's doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Simon Wing Hang Leung (born 24 November 1996) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles. [1] He won the mixed doubles Oceania Championships title in 2019 and 2020.

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Leung represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2] As a mixed doubles badminton team, he and his partner, Gronya Somerville, were placed in the group with the eventual Japanese bronze medalists, and were not able to pick up a win. [3]

Early years

Leung was only 6 years old when started playing badminton. His whole family played badminton and he started competing in his home city of Brisbane.

Leung began competing professionally in 2010. He competed at the under 15 nationals and was part of the National Junior team until 2014. He represented Australia at the 2013 Oceania Championships and at the 2017 World Championships in Glasgow. [4]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Fan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
12–21, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Wheller Flag of New Zealand.svg Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Flag of New Zealand.svg Niccolo Tagle
21–16, 15–21, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Wheller Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robin Middleton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith
22–20, 15–21, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Wheller Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eric Vuong
17–21, 10–21 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tiffany Ho Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Joe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joy Lai
11–21, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Ye Khoo
21–18, 21–15 Med 1.png Gold
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tran Hoang Pham
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvina Kurniawan
21–12, 21–8 Med 1.png Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 North Harbour International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Wheller Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xuheng Zhuan Yi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Bin Rong
14–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Waikato International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Midorikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Natsu Saito
15–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
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  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Players: Simon Wing Hang LEUNG". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. "Leung Simon Wing Hang". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. "Badminton LEUNG Simon Wing Hang - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. "Simon Leung". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 October 2021.