Matthew Chau (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian
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 four times men's doubles
Oceania Champion winning in 2015–2018. Chau competed in the
men's doubles at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
alongside
Sawan Serasinghe
Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a former badminton player from Australia. He won seven Oceania Championships titles, five in the men's doubles and two in the mixed doubles. Serasinghe competed in the men's doubles event at the 2016 ...
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Chau picked up his first badminton racquet at age 10, following his parents to the Monash University Badminton Club where they played socially. The now 22-year-old fell in love with the all rounded nature of the sport and says he enjoys that badminton demands speed, strength, endurance, skill, tactical smarts and hard work from its athletes. Chau first partnered with Serasinghe at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival and the duo went on to secure the Rio quota spot for Australia by winning the 2016 Oceania Championships title.
Chau also took home the men's doubles title with Serasinghe at the
Waikato International The Waikato International is an open international badminton tournament in New Zealand. This tournament is held in Waikato. This tournament is classified as BWF International Series tournament since Badminton World Federation (BWF) introduced in 199 ...
tournament and competed at his first World Championships 2016 at just 20 years old in Jakarta, Indonesia.
When he is not playing, Chau studies a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering and enjoys cooking.
Achievements
Oceania Championships
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
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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.
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tournament
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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
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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
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1994 births
Living people
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Australian people of Chinese descent
Australian male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for Australia
Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
People from Mount Waverley, Victoria
Sportspeople from Melbourne