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.[2]
Simon Leung 梁永亨
Personal information
Birth name
Simon Wing Hang Leung
Country
Australia
Born
(1996-11-24) 24 November 1996 (age 26) Brisbane, Australia
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Handedness
Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking
62 (MD with Mitchell Wheller 14 January 2020) 51 (XD with Gronya Somerville 17 March 2020)
Current ranking
79 (MD with Mitchell Wheller) 54 (XD with Gronya Somerville) (10 August 2021)
Leung represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
simon, leung, simon, wing, hang, leung, born, november, 1996, australian, badminton, player, specializing, doubles, mixed, doubles, oceania, championships, title, 2019, 2020, 梁永亨personal, informationbirth, namesimon, wing, hang, leungcountryaustraliaborn, 1996. 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 2 Simon Leung梁永亨Personal informationBirth nameSimon Wing Hang LeungCountryAustraliaBorn 1996 11 24 24 November 1996 age 26 Brisbane AustraliaHeight1 76 m 5 ft 9 in HandednessRightMen s amp mixed doublesHighest 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 badmintonRepresenting AustraliaOceania Championships2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles2020 Ballarat Mixed doubles2019 Melborune Men s doubles2016 Papeete Men s doubles2016 Papeete Mixed doubles2017 Noumea Men s doubles2018 Hamilton Men s doublesOceania Mixed Team Championships2019 Melbourne Mixed teamOceania Men s Team Championships2020 Ballarat Men s teamBWF profileLeung represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics 3 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 4 Contents 1 Early years 2 Achievements 2 1 Oceania Championships 2 2 BWF International Challenge Series 2 runners up 3 References 4 External linksEarly years EditLeung 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 5 Achievements EditOceania Championships Edit Men s doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result2016 Punaauia University Hall Papeete Tahiti Daniel Fan Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe 12 21 15 21 Bronze2017 Salle Anewy Noumea New Caledonia Mitchell Wheller Kevin Dennerly Minturn Niccolo Tagle 21 16 15 21 18 21 Bronze2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium Hamilton New Zealand Mitchell Wheller Robin Middleton Ross Smith 22 20 15 21 18 21 Bronze2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre Melbourne Australia Mitchell Wheller Sawan Serasinghe Eric Vuong 17 21 10 21 SilverMixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result2016 Punaauia University Hall Papeete Tahiti Tiffany Ho Anthony Joe Joy Lai 11 21 18 21 Bronze2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre Melbourne Australia Gronya Somerville Sawan Serasinghe Lee Ye Khoo 21 18 21 15 Gold2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium Ballarat Australia Gronya Somerville Tran Hoang Pham Sylvina Kurniawan 21 12 21 8 GoldBWF International Challenge Series 2 runners up Edit Men s doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2019 North Harbour International Mitchell Wheller Xuheng Zhuan Yi Zhang Bin Rong 14 21 16 21 Runner upMixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2019 Waikato International Gronya Somerville Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito 15 21 13 21 Runner up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournamentReferences Edit Players Simon Wing Hang LEUNG Badminton World Federation Retrieved 3 March 2020 Manota retains his title at Oceania Championships The Courier 12 February 2020 Retrieved 5 March 2020 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 Badminton LEUNG Simon Wing Hang Tokyo 2020 Olympics olympics com Retrieved 10 October 2021 Simon Leung Australian Olympic Committee Retrieved 10 October 2021 External links EditSimon Leung at BWF tournamentsoftware com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Simon Leung amp oldid 1126641188, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
