Leong Jun Hao (; born 13 July 1999) 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 p ...
player. He was the boys' singles champion at the
2017 Asia Junior Championships. This achievement was followed by a silver medal at
World Junior Championships.
Personal life
Leong was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur to Celine Low and Anthony Leong. He started playing badminton for fun outside his house. At the age of 9, he started playing the sport seriously under his father’s tutelage. Leong joined the
Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) at the age of 13. At the end of 2018, he injured his hip twice which resulted in his world ranking dropping from 40th to 120th.
Career
In July 2017, Leong won the
Asian Junior Championships by defeating Bai Yupeng in the final. In October 2017, he reached the final of
World Junior Championships where he lost to top seed,
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, 21–17, 15–21, 9–21. In November 2017, he reached his first maiden senior final at the
Malaysia International Challenge before losing to compatriot
Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin
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He represented Malaysia as the third singles in the 2018 Thomas Cup and helped Malaysia qualify for the quarter finals.
Iskandar was appointed as ...
.
In January 2018, he reached the final of the
Thailand Masters
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as a qualifier where he lost to second seed,
Tommy Sugiarto
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Personal life
...
. In April 2018, he won his first senior title at the
Finnish Open by defeating his compatriot
Cheam June Wei
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Career
Cheam started playing badminton at aged 8 in Penang. As a junior player, he has been tra ...
in the final.
Achievements
BWF World Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
Asian Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
BWF World Tour (1 title, 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 (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 International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)
''Men's singles''
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BWF International Challenge tournament
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BWF International Series tournament
References
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1999 births
Living people
Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Malaysian male badminton players
Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur
Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Malaysia
21st-century Malaysian people