Simon Wing Hang Leung (born 24 November 1996) 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 p ...

player specializing in doubles. He won the mixed doubles Oceania Championships title in 2019 and 2020. Leung represented Australia at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. As a mixed doubles badminton team, he and his partner,

Gronya Somerville Gronya Somerville (born 10 May 1995) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles. She has won nine Oceania Badminton Championships, Oceania Championships titles, six in the women's doubles and three in the mixed doubles. Person ...

, were placed in the group with the eventual Japanese bronze medalists, and were not able to pick up a win.

Early years

Leung was only 6 years old when started playing badminton. His whole family played badminton and he started competing in his home city of Brisbane. Leung began competing professionally in 2010. He competed at the under 15 nationals and was part of the National Junior team until 2014. He represented Australia at the 2013 Oceania Championships and at the 2017 World Championships in Glasgow.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leung, Simon 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Brisbane Australian people of Hong Kong descent Australian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Australia Sportsmen from Queensland