Soong Joo Ven (; born 19 May 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. He was part of the Malaysian team that won gold in the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event.

Career

2011-2017

He won silver medal at the 2012 Asia Junior Championships in the boys' singles event after losing to

Kento Momota is a Japanese badminton player. He is known to have a skillful and relentless play style on court. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England ...

of Japan. He was the runner-up of the 2015

Malaysia International The Malaysia International is an open international badminton tournament in Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirt ...

Challenge tournament in the men's singles event, and in 2016, he also became the runner-up of the Scottish Open Grand Prix tournament. In 2017, he reached the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold semifinals.

2018

He was a runner-up at the Hyderabad Open, where he lost to

Sameer Verma Sameer Verma (born 22 October 1994) is an Indian badminton player. He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. Sameer is the brother of Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma. Career 2011 Verma won a silver medal in the Asia ...

in two games. He also had a few quarterfinal finishes at the German Open and the

Korea Masters The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an Inter ...

2019

He won the

by beating compatriot

Cheam June Wei Cheam June Wei (born 23 January 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Career Cheam started playing badminton at aged 8 in Penang. As a junior player, he has been tra ...

. He was also a semifinalist at the

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event in Bangka Belitung.

2022

Alongside

Goh Jin Wei Goh Jin Wei ( zh, s=吴堇溦, t=吳堇溦, poj=Gô͘ Kín-bî, j=Ng4 Gan2 Mei4, p=Wú Jǐnwēi; born 30 January 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. She won the 2015 BWF World Junior Championships, 2015 and 2018 BWF World Junior Championsh ...

, he joined the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Club (KLRC) and is currently being coached by Nova Armada and former national player

Sairul Amar Ayob Sairul Amar bin Ayob (born 10 September 1980) is a former male badminton player from Malaysia and coach. He won the 2005 New Zealand Open after winning against Chan Yan Kit. Achievements BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 1 runner-up) The BWF Grand ...

. Shortly after, he lost in the second round of the

India Open The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgr ...

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. He then reached the semifinals of the

and the

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Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

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

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 Tours are divided into levels of 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 singles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 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

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of 24 July 2022.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soong, Joo Ven 1995 births Living people People from Selangor Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton