Andy Kwek Jun Liang (; born 22 April 1999) is a Singaporean
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player. He won a bronze medal for Singapore as part of the team at the
2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships and
2019
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,
2021
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and also
2023 SEA Games. In 2022, Kwek won a title at the
Swedish Open
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with his partner
Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (born 30 December 1988) is a retired Singaporean badminton player.
Career
Danny competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he captured a bronze medal in the mixed team and a silver medal in the men's doubles ...
. Kwek and Chrisnanta also represented Singapore men's team at the
2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships and helped the team to secure a bronze medal.
Kwek competed in the
2022 Thomas Cup and the
2021 SEA Games. He was also part of the Singaporean mixed team squad that won bronze at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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. In 2023, Kwek won the mixed doubles title at the
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with
Crystal Wong.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
:
BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
BWF Junior International (1 title)
''Boys' doubles''
: BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
: BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
: BWF Junior International Series tournament
: BWF Junior Future Series tournament
References
External links
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Andy Kwekat
Singapore Badminton Association
Singapore Badminton Association (abbreviation: SBA) is the national governing body for badminton in Singapore. It governs, encourages and develops the sport throughout the country.
Founded in 1929, the SBA is an affiliate of the Singapore Nat ...
1999 births
Living people
Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent
Singapore Sports School alumni
Singaporean male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Singapore
Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Singapore
Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games
SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
SEA Games medalists in badminton
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