Chong Wei Feng (born 26 May 1987) is a Malaysian 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. He was drafted into the national team in 2004. His best achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 and 2013 China Open, where he was defeated by

Chen Long Chen Long (; ; born 18 January 1989), is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is the 2016 Olympic champion, two-time World champion, and an Asian champion. Chen was a former World number 1, occupying the top men's singles ranki ...

on both occasions.

Background

Chong was born on 26 May 1987 in Sungai Petani,

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area ...

. Chong started playing badminton at the age of nine, where he went to a private coaching centre. Chong was drafted into the national team through

Badminton Association of Malaysia The Badminton Association of Malaysia or BAM (Malay: ''Persatuan Badminton Malaysia'') is the governing body of badminton in Malaysia. The association was founded in 1964. Nevertheless, the history of Malaysian badminton starts much earlier. Alrea ...

annual selections in 2004. On 29 March 2016, Chong announced his resignation from BAM effective 1 May 2016.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's singles''

BWF Grand Prix

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(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

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* * * 1987 births Living people People from Kedah Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton {{Malaysia-badminton-bio-stub