Lim Chi Wing (born 11 April 1995) 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 who specifies in playing men's singles. He won a silver medal in the men's team event at the

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Career

He started playing badminton when he was 7 before joining the

Bukit Jalil Sports School The Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) ( ms, Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil, SSBJ) is the first sports school in Malaysia. The school is located at the National Sports Complex compound in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil was opene ...

. In 2014, he was called up to the national team. He won his first title at the 2014

Bangladesh International The Bangladesh International is an international badminton tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and organized by the Bangladesh Badminton Federation. The tournament was established in June 2002 and was part of the Asian Satellite. In 2011, the to ...

, defeating

Subhankar Dey Subhankar Dey (born 6 June 1993) is an Indian badminton player. Born in Kolkata, he currently trains in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, at his own badminton academy named Subhankar Dey Badminton Academy. He is also running another Badminton Centre which is ...

of India with a score of 21–12, 21–17. Later that same year, he won his second career title at the

Vietnam International The Vietnam International or Vietnam Satellite or Hanoi International in badminton is an international tournament held in Vietnam. This tournament has been an International Challenge level since 2008. Another tournament named Vietnam International ...

. Two years later, he would go onto achieve a runner-up position at the India International. He failed to defend his

title as he lost to Vietnamese veteran

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in 2 games. In August 2019, he left the national team to pursue his career as an independent player. In December 2022, Lim announced his retirement from international badminton to start his new career as a coach after his semifinal loss at the

Malaysia International The Malaysia International is an open international badminton tournament in Malaysia established since 1997. This tournament also known as ''Malaysia Satellite'', ''Malaysia Asian Satellite'', and ''Malaysia International Challenge''. This tournamen ...

Challenge.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' :

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

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Chi Wing 1995 births Living people Badminton players from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Malaysian people