Chew Choon Eng

Chew Choon Eng
邹俊英
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1976-05-28) 28 May 1976
Penang, Malaysia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Years active1994-2010
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (11 April 2002)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Malaysia
World Championships
2001 Seville Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
2002 Guangzhou Men's team
2006 Sendai/Tokyo Men's team
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester Men's doubles
2002 Manchester Mixed doubles
Asian Games
2002 Busan Men's doubles
2002 Busan Men's team
Asian Championships
1997 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
2004 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
Asia Cup
1999 Ho Chi Minh Men's team
SEA Games
1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Mixed doubles
2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
1997 Jakarta Men's team
1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Men's team
2003 Vietnam Men's doubles
1997 Jakarta Mixed doubles
2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
2001 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
2003 Vietnam Mixed doubles
2003 Vietnam Men's team
Chew Choon Eng
Traditional Chinese鄒俊英
Simplified Chinese邹俊英
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCháo Zūnyīng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZau1 Zeon3 Jing1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChau Chùn-eng
Tâi-lôTsau Tsùn-ing

Chew Choon Eng (born 28 May 1976) is a Malaysian former badminton player.[1] He was a gold medalists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's doubles event, also at the 1999 and 2001 SEA Games in the mixed doubles and men's team events respectively. Chew also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2001. He reached a career high as world number 1 in the men's doubles on 11 April 2002.

Career

Chew won the World Grand Prix tournament in 2002 Japan Open. He competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with a partner Chan Chong Ming. They defeated Theodoros Velkos and George Patis of Greece in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Zheng Bo and Sang Yang of China.

Chew was coaching Malaysian professional pair consist of 2016 Olympic Games silver medallist, Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying and Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong.[2]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo,
Seville, Spain
Chan Chong Ming Tony Gunawan
Halim Haryanto
15–12, 5–15, 3–15 Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Bolton Arena,
Manchester, England
Chan Chong Ming Chang Kim Wai
Choong Tan Fook
7–5, 4–7, 2–7, 7–5, 7–3 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Bolton Arena,
Manchester, England
Chin Eei Hui Simon Archer
Joanne Goode
7–0, 5–7, 3–7, 3–7 Silver

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Gangseo Gymnasium,
Busan, South Korea
Chan Chong Ming Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
16–17, 12–15 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Stadium Negara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lee Chee Leong Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
13–15, 12–15 Bronze
2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Chan Chong Ming Sigit Budiarto
Tri Kusharjanto
8–15, 9–15 Bronze

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Malawati Stadium,
Selangor, Malaysia
Chan Chong Ming Tony Gunawan
Bambang Suprianto
15–9, 3–15, 4–15 Bronze
2003 Tan Binh Sport Center,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Chang Kim Wai Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
5–15, 6–15 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Ang Li Peng Cheah Soon Kit
Norhasikin Amin
15–8, 17–14 Bronze
1999 Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex,
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Chor Hooi Yee Rosman Razak
Norhasikin Amin
12–15, 15–6, 15–7 Gold
2001 Malawati Stadium,
Selangor, Malaysia
Wong Pei Tty Nova Widianto
Vita Marissa
2–15, 8–15 Bronze
2003 Tan Binh Sport Center,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Chin Eei Hui Anggun Nugroho
Eny Widyowati
0–2, retired Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983 to 2006. The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Japan Open Chan Chong Ming Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
Walkover Winner
2002 Denmark Open Chan Chong Ming Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon
4–15, 8–15 Runner-up
2002 China Open Chan Chong Ming Pramote Teerawiwatana
Tesana Panvisvas
8–15, 8–15 Runner-up
2004 China Open Choong Tan Fook Sigit Budiarto
Candra Wijaya
Walkover Runner-up
2006 Vietnam Open Hong Chieng Hun Jeon Jun-bum
Yoo Yeon-seong
19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2008 India Open Chan Chong Ming Guo Zhendong
Xie Zhongbo
21–19, 14–21, 12–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  IBF & BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

  1. ^ "Badminton: Chong Ming and Co hold tourney to unearth badminton talent | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ Peter, Fabian (8 March 2019). "Peng Soon-Liu Ying vow to overcome recent slump". NST Online. Retrieved 7 November 2019.