Simon Leung Explained

Simon Leung
梁永亨
Birth Name:Simon Wing Hang Leung
Country:Australia
Birth Date:1996 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Brisbane, Australia
Height:1.760NaN0
Handedness:Right
Event:Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:62 (MD with Mitchell Wheller 14 January 2020)
51 (XD with Gronya Somerville 17 March 2020)
Current Ranking:79 (MD with Mitchell Wheller)
54 (XD with Gronya Somerville)
Date Of Current Ranking:10 August 2021
Bwf Id:6D8D9485-2488-4D60-A048-815BC2A168AD

Simon Wing Hang Leung (born 24 November 1996) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles.[1] He won the mixed doubles Oceania Championships title in 2019 and 2020.[2]

Leung represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] As a mixed doubles badminton team, he and his partner, Gronya Somerville, were placed in the group with the eventual Japanese bronze medalists, and were not able to pick up a win.[4]

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.[5]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti
Daniel Fan Matthew Chau
Sawan Serasinghe
12–21, 15–21 Bronze
2017Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Mitchell Wheller Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Niccolo Tagle
21–16, 15–21, 18–21 Bronze
2018Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand
Mitchell Wheller Robin Middleton
Ross Smith
22–20, 15–21, 18–21 Bronze
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Mitchell Wheller Sawan Serasinghe
Eric Vuong
17–21, 10–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti
Tiffany Ho Anthony Joe
Joy Lai
11–21, 18–21 Bronze
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Gronya Somerville Sawan Serasinghe
Lee Ye Khoo
21–18, 21–15 Gold
2020Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia
Gronya Somerville Tran Hoang Pham
Sylvina Kurniawan
21–12, 21–8 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Simon Wing Hang LEUNG . . 3 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Manota retains his title at Oceania Championships . The Courier . 12 February 2020 . 5 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Leung Simon Wing Hang . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 22 July 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728113415/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/badminton/athlete-profile-n1483976-leung-simon-wing-hang.htm . 28 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Badminton LEUNG Simon Wing Hang - Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 2021-10-10. olympics.com. en-us.
  5. Web site: Simon Leung. 2021-10-10. Australian Olympic Committee. en-AU.