Simon Leung

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. Simon Leung is currently a Police officer working for Queensland Police^[2]

Simon Leung 梁永亨
Personal information
Birth name	Simon Wing Hang Leung
Country	Australia
Born	(1996-11-24) 24 November 1996 (age 27) Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Handedness	Right
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) (10 August 2021)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Australia Oceania Championships 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles 2020 Ballarat Mixed doubles 2019 Melbourne Men's doubles 2016 Papeete Men's doubles 2016 Papeete Mixed doubles 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles 2018 Hamilton Men's doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2019 Melbourne Mixed team Oceania Men's Team Championships 2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

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

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Punaauia University Hall, Papeete, Tahiti	Tiffany Ho	Anthony Joe Joy Lai	11–21, 18–21	Bronze
2019	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Gronya Somerville	Sawan Serasinghe Lee Ye Khoo	21–18, 21–15	Gold
2020	Ken 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

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	North Harbour International	Mitchell Wheller	Xuheng Zhuan Yi Zhang Bin Rong	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Waikato International	Gronya Somerville	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Simon Wing Hang LEUNG". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
2. "Manota retains his title at Oceania Championships". The Courier. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
3. "Leung Simon Wing Hang". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
4. "Badminton LEUNG Simon Wing Hang - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
5. "Simon Leung". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

External links

• Simon Leung at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com