Mak Hee Chun (born 28 August 1990) is a

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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 p ...

player and started represented Hong Kong in 2016.

Career

He started his career as a junior player by reaching the semi-final round and winning bronze in the boys' doubles event at the BWF World Junior Championships in 2006 and 2007 with Lim Khim Wah. Partnered with Teo Kok Siang, he won gold in

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. He also won bronze in the mixed doubles event with

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. At the 2008 Asia Junior Championships, he won gold in the boys' doubles teamed-up with Teo. In 2009, he reached the final of the Malaysia International Challenge and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles event with

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. At the same year, he reached the semi-final at the Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with

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. In September 2012, he dropped from the

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(BAM), and then started to play as an independent player. In 2014, he won the men's doubles title at the Malaysia National Circuit Grand Prix Finals with

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. In early 2015, he was recalled to join

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in order to strengthen the men's doubles department. But, in August 2015, he immediately resigned from the BAM due his performance with his partner in the men's doubles Teo Kok Siang unsatisfactory. In 2016, he started to representing Hong Kong at the international tournament, and at the

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, he was the men's and mixed doubles runner-up partnered with Yeung Shing Choi and

Tse Ying Suet Tse Ying Suet (, born 9 November 1991) is a Hong Kong badminton player. She competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's doubles event (with Poon Lok Yan). In 2012, she won the women's doubles title at the Japan Open tournament w ...

respectively. In 2017, he won the mixed doubles title at the

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tournament with Yeung Nga Ting.

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mak, Hee Chun 1990 births Living people People from Perak Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Hong Kong male badminton players