Tobias Ng (born 8 October 1985) 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 pe ...

player. Born and raised in

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, Ng's father is from Hong Kong and his mother from Macau. He started playing badminton at the Kensington Community Centre, when he was about six years old. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the

mixed doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...

event with partner Grace Gao. His younger brother,

Derrick Ng Derrick Ng (born September 21, 1987) is a male Canadian badminton player from Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rock ...

, is also an elite level player. Since 2020, Toby coaches advanced to professional level athletes at the Bellevue Badminton Club.

Achievements

Pan American Games

''Mixed doubles''

Pan Am Championships

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

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of 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) since 2007. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed 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

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Toby Ng
at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ng, Toby 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Vancouver Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent Canadian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Canada Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2011 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2015 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games