Chia Wei Jie (; born 3 January 2000) is a Malaysian

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player. He was part of the Malaysian team that won a silver medal at the

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Career

2017–2018

In July 2017, Chia won the boys' doubles bronze medal with Ng Tze Yong at the

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. He was also part of Malaysia's mixed team that won two consecutive bronze medals at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in 2017 and

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2019–2021

In November 2019, Chia partnered with Pearly Tan at the India International and became the runner-ups. In March 2021, he partnered with Chang Yee Jun and earned the runner-up position at the

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2022

In January, Chia and partner

Low Hang Yee Low Hang Yee (; born 22 February 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won his first international title at the 2022 Ukraine Open partnered with Chia Wei Jie. Career Prior to 2019, he played mixed doubles with Cheah Yee See and were r ...

entered the final of the

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but lost out to

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and

Andy Kwek Andy Kwek Jun Liang (; born 22 April 1999) is a Singaporean badminton player. He won a bronze medal for Singapore as part of the team at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships and 2019, 2021 and also 2023 SEA Games. In 2022, Kwek won a tit ...

. In the following week, they entered their second consecutive final and captured their first international title at the

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. Following the good results with his partner, he was selected as a backup player for the Malaysian squad at the

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2023

In May, Chia made his debut at the

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where he helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the men's team event. He later on competed in the men's doubles event with Liew Xun but crashed out in the quarter-finals. In July, Chia and Liew entered their first final as a pair at the

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and finished as runner-ups.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament :

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chia, Wei Jie 2000 births Living people Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton