Ashton Chen or Chen Yong Zhao (; born 9 September 1989) is a Singaporean retired
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 and a former
national champion.
Career
Chen was part of the South East Asian Games men's team that won silver medal in the 2007 edition and bronze medals in the 2009, 2011 editions. In 2012, he won the men's singles title at the
Singaporean National Badminton Championships Singaporean National Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament held in Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about o ...
. At the BWF event tournaments, he has won the men's singles title at the 2007 Waikato and 2011 Smiling Fish Thailand International tournament, and in the men's doubles, he won the 2011 Maldives International tournament. Chen quits the national team on 11 April 2014 after playing his final game for Singapore in the Djarum Superliga 2014 tournament.
Personal life
Chen pleaded guilty for having sexual contact with a young 13-year-old girl and was sentenced to 28 months in jail.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
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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
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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
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References
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1989 births
Living people
Singaporean male badminton players
Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent
Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore
Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
SEA Games medalists in badminton
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