Choong Hann Wong - Player Biography
Birth name Wong, Choong Hann
Date of birth February 17, 1977 (age 32)
Place of birth Kuala Lumpur
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Wong is a left-handed shuttler whose career began in 1991 at the Malaysian Open. His forst tournament victory came in 1997 at the Dutch Open. In 2003 Wong was the World Championship runner-up. At the 2004 summer olympics Wong defeated Przemysław Wacha of Poland in the first round, before losing in the round of 16 to Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia. In 2006 at the Thomas Cup Choong suffered a serious achilles tendon injury and was out for 6 months. When he returned in 2006 he had very little positive results. At the 2008 olympics he defeated the reigning olympic champion Taufik Hidayat, but was unable to move on past the round of 16. His recent accomplishments include: 2008 VIII Italian International champion, 2009 Yonex German Open Grand Prix quarter-finalist, 2009 Macau Open runner-up to Lee Chong Wei, 2009 Taiwan Open runner-up to Nguyen Tien Minh.