Choong Hon Jian (; born 2 July 2000) is a Malaysian

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 at the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships in the mixed team event.

Career

2021

Choong won his first international title with his partner Toh Ee Wei at the Polish Open in March. Two months later, the pair went on to win two more consecutive titles at the

Slovenian International The Slovenian International in badminton is an international open held in Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the ...

and the Austrian Open.

2023

In February, Choong began partnering

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in men's doubles following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department. In the following month, they reached the final of their first outing together at the Thailand International but lost out narrowly to top seeds Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn and

Nanthakarn Yordphaisong Nanthakarn Yordphaisong ( th, นันทกานต์ ยอดไพสง; born 23 September 1993) is a Thai badminton player. He was the men's doubles runner-up at the 2017 China and Vietnam International The Vietnam International or Vie ...

in rubber game. In May, he made his debut at the 2023 SEA Games where he helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the men's team event. In June, Choong and Goh's partnership were dissolved after Goh reunited with his former partner. In August, he began partnering

Muhammad Haikal Muhammad Haikal Nazri (born 26 December 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won three titles in 2021: Austrian Open, Hellas International and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Junaidi Arif. C ...

in men's doubles. In October, Choong and his mixed doubles partner, Go Pei Kee, reached their first final together at the

Indonesia International The Indonesia International is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in Indonesia since 1997. It is organized by the Badminton Association of Indonesia. Since 2007, it is graded as the International Challenge, which are leve ...

in Surabaya but were defeated in three games. A week later, he and Haikal entered the final of Indonesia Masters II and finished as the runners-up. In December, Choong and Haikal competed at the Syed Modi International. En route to their first BWF World Tour title, they defeated the second and top seeds in the semi-finals and final, respectively. The following week, they won another title at the Guwahati Masters.

2024

In late January, he was chosen to represent Malaysia's men's team at the 2024 Asia Team Championships. In March, he and Haikal clinched their third title at the

Orléans Masters The Orléans Masters championships is an open badminton tournament held in France. This tournament is organized by the Cercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans (CLTO) Badminton and held in the Palais des Sports in Orléans. This tournament began a ...

Achievements

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-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. ...

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Choong, Hon Jian 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Penang 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 21st-century Malaysian people