Shia Chun Kang (

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: 谢俊康;

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: Xiè Jùnkāng; born 27 September 1996) is a Malaysian badminton player. Together with his former partner,

Tan Wee Gieen Tan Wee Gieen (born 14 May 1994) is a Malaysian badminton player. He started playing badminton at home when he was nine years old and influenced by his family. His brothers, Tan Wee Kiong and Tan Wee Tat are also professional badminton players. ...

, he achieved a career-high ranking of 52 in the men's doubles category.

Career

He debuted in the 2013 Victoria International tournament. He was one of the semifinalists in the 2014 Auckland International. In 2017, he partnered with Tan Wee Gieen and reached 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 ...

finals but lost to compatriots

Goh Sze Fei Goh Sze Fei ( zh, t=吳世飛, p=Wú Shìfēi; born 18 August 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the 2022 German Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Nur Izzuddin, their first BWF World Tour title. Early life Goh finis ...

and

Nur Izzuddin Nur Izzuddin bin Mohd Rumsani (born 11 November 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the 2022 German Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Goh Sze Fei. Career In January 2017, Izzuddin and his partner Goh Sze Fei entered ...

. They failed to win their first Superseries title as they were runners-up at the 2018 Orléans Masters, losing to Mark Lamsfuss and

Marvin Seidel Marvin Emil Seidel (; born 9 November 1995) is a German badminton player. He was the bronze medalist at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles, and a silver medalist at the 2021 European Championships in the men's doubles e ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. In 2019, he partnered with

Tan Boon Heong Tan Boon Heong (, born 18 September 1987) is a former World No.1 Malaysian professional badminton player in the men's doubles event. Career 2004-2006 Tan was previously paired with Hoon Thien How, with whom he won the World Junior Champi ...

and won the

Perth International The World Super 6 Perth is a golf tournament that was played for the first time in October 2012 as the ISPS Handa Perth International. It is played at Lake Karrinyup Country Club in Perth, Western Australia. It is co-sanctioned by the European T ...

tournament. In the same year, they also entered the finals of both

South Australia International The South Australia International in badminton, is an international open held in Adelaide, Australia. The tournament sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and part of the Badminton Oceania Badminton Oceania (BO) is the sports governing bod ...

and Dubai International respectively. They also participated in the 2019 Macau Open but lost to

Li Junhui Li Junhui (, born 10 May 1995) is a Chinese former badminton player. He was the gold medalist at the 2018 World Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Liu Yuchen, two times won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in 2017 ...

and

Liu Yuchen Liu Yuchen (, born 25 July 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the men's doubles World Champion in 2018, two-time Asian Champion in 2017 and 2018, and also a silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnered with Li Junhui. Liu was p ...

in the first round.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)

''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

References

External links

Shia Chun Kang
at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Shia, Chun Kang Living people 1996 births Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Sportspeople from Johor