Wong Choong Hann

Wong Choong Hann
Personal information
Birth name	Wong Choong Hann
Born	February 17, 1977 (1977-02-17) Kuala Lumpur
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Country	Malaysia
Handedness	Left
Coach	N/A (Left BAM)
Men's singles
Highest Ranking	1
Current Ranking	44 (22 December 2011)
Medal record Competitor for Malaysia Men's badminton World Championships Silver 2003 Birmingham Men's singles
BWF Profile

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wong.

Wong Choong Hann (simplified Chinese: 黄综翰; traditional Chinese: 黃綜翰; pinyin: Huáng Zònghàn; born February 17, 1977 in Kuala Lumpur) is a professional Malaysian badminton player.

He currently resides in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.

Career

Wong Choong Hann's career began with the 1991 Malaysia Open. The first tournament he won was the 1997 Dutch Open. He represented Malaysia in 2002, where Malaysia emerged runners-up to Indonesia in the Thomas Cup championships.

In 2003, Wong Choong Hann reached the World Championships finals. In a thrilling three-game match between the veterans (both he and his opponent were above 24 years old then), he eventually lost out to the champion from China, Xia Xuanze.

Wong Choong Hann played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Przemysław Wacha of Poland in the first round. In the round of 16, Choong Hann was defeated by Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia.

The lowlight of his career occurred during the 2006 Thomas Cup where he injured himself by snapping an Achilles tendon while playing in a quarter final match against South Korea, he is required to rest for almost 6 months. He made a comeback to the sport in the Asian Games later in 2006 but was clearly far from his best form.

In the 2008 summer Olympics he defeated reigning Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat and once again failed to advance past the round of 16, losing to Hsieh Yu-Hsing of Taiwan.

He has set up a company "Pioneer Sdn Bhd" with former shuttlers Lee Wan Wah, Chan Chong Ming, and Chew Choon Eng to conduct badminton programs and hopefully produce world-class shuttlers for Malaysia.

Wong Choong Hann competed in Malaysia Open 2009, but was defeated by second-seeded Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro.

In May 2010, Wong Choong Hann was called back to play for Malaysian Thomas Cup squad.

In 2011 he played his last world championship, where he lost to Boonsak Ponsana in the second round.

Wong Choong Hann lost to an unseated indian in the first round of Li Ning China Open.

Personal life

Wong Choong Hann married Leaw Pik Sim on June 11, 2005. He now has a daughter, named Kita Wong, Huang Xinyue （黄心悦）, and a son, named Huang Zixuan （黄梓轩）.

Achievement

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
2	Singles	2003	Birmingham, UK
Thomas Cup
2	Team	1998	Hong Kong
2	Team	2002	Guangzhou, CHN
Commonwealth Games
1	Singles	1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1	Team	1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1	Team	2006	Melbourne, Australia
2	Singles	2006	Melbourne, Australia
3	Singles	2002	Manchester, UK
World Tournaments
1	Singles	1997	Dutch Open
1	Singles	2002	China Open
1	Singles	2002	Dutch Open
1	Singles	2003	Chinese Taipei Open
1	Singles	2003	Copenhagen Masters
2	Singles	2003	China Open
2	Singles	2007	China Masters
2	Singles	2007	New Zealand Open
2	Singles	2009	Macau Open
2	Singles	2009	Chinese Taipei Open
2	Singles	2010	Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold