Jeffrey Tho (born 14 April 1988) is an Australian male

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player. He competed at the

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and

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. In 2014, he won the gold medal at the Oceania Championships in the men's singles event, he also won bronze in 2008.

Personal life

Prior to beginning his badminton career, Tho worked as a

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, Victoria.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

''Men's Singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' ''Men's 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 :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

Victoria Achievements

* Awarded the 2003 Victorian School Blue Award for Badminton * Runner-up in the U19 Men's Doubles event at the 2005 U19 Australasian Badminton Championships * Runner-up in the U19 Men's Singles event at the 2005 U19 Australasian Badminton Championships * Selected into the U17 Victorian Badminton team (2000–2004) * Selected into the Under 19 Victorian Badminton team from 2002 to 2006 * Winner of the U19 Mixed Doubles title at the 2005 U19 Australasian Badminton Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tho, Jeff Australian male badminton players 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Ipoh Australian people of Chinese descent Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games