Donald Arthur Leahong (7 December 1912 — 15 February 2007) was a Jamaican

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player. Leahong, born in Kingston and of Chinese descent, was a product of Wolmer's Boys' School, where he played

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soccer. In the 1930s he was the leading tennis player on the island, winning seven All-Jamaica singles titles. During a 1930 tour of England he won the

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and was beaten by

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in the first round of the

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. In 1934 he made the singles quarter-finals and doubles final of the

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. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the

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. Post-tennis, Leahong became a

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and retired to

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, Florida.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leahong, Donald 1912 births 2007 deaths Jamaican male tennis players Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican emigrants to the United States Jamaican people of Chinese descent