{{Short description|Brazilian badminton player}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Alex Yuwan Tjong | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|3|1}} | birth_place = Campinas, São Paulo | residence = | height = 1.78 m | weight = 71 kg | country = Brazil | years_active = | handedness = | coach = Right | event = Men's | highest_ranking = 93 (MS) 4 Jun 2015<br>54 (MD) 8 Dec 2011<br>48 (XD) 9 Apr 2015 | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | medal_templates = {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Toronto | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Championships }} {{MedalSilver| 2016 Campinas | Mixed team }} {{MedalSilver| 2012 Lima | Men's doubles }} {{MedalBronze| 2016 Campinas | Men's singles }} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Markham | Mixed team }} {{MedalBronze | 2013 Santo Domingo | Mixed team }} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Lima | Mixed team }} {{MedalCompetition | South American Games }} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Medellín | Men's doubles }} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Medellín | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Medellín | Mixed team }} | bwfbadminton_id = 73532 | bwf_id = 7C4049A2-068B-4A8C-B45B-401D27BCF597 }}
'''Alex Yuwan Tjong''' (born 1 March 1991) is a Brazilian male badminton player. He started playing badminton in his hometown in 1997 at age six because his father took him and his brothers to play badminton on a weekend. In 2004, at age 13, he selected to join the Brazil national badminton team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players: Alex Yuwan Tjong |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/73532/alex-yuwan-tjong |website=bwfbadminton.com|publisher=Badminton World Federation|accessdate=10 February 2017}}</ref> In 2015, at age 24, he competed at the Pan American Games and won a bronze in the mixed doubles event partnered with Lohaynny Vicente.<ref>{{cite web |title=Badminton - Athlete Profile: Tjong Alex Yuwan |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/badminton/athlete-profile-n10151196-tjong-alex-yuwan.htm |website=results.toronto2015.org |publisher=Toronto 2015 |accessdate=10 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205095924/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/badminton/athlete-profile-n10151196-tjong-alex-yuwan.htm |archive-date=5 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Badminton: Alex Tjong e Lohaynny Vicente caem e ficam com bronze |url=https://odia.ig.com.br/esporte/2015-07-14/badminton-alex-tjong-e-lohaynny-vicente-caem-na-e-ficam-com-bronze.html |website=odia.ig.com.br |publisher=O Dia |accessdate=10 February 2017}}</ref>
==Achievements==
===Pan American Games=== ''Mixed Doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Venue !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- |- style="background:#FFB069" |align="center"|2015 |align="left"|Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,<br> Toronto, Ontario, Canada |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Lohaynny Vicente |align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Toby Ng<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} Alexandra Bruce |align="center"|17-21, 16-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|Bronze '''Bronze''' |- |}
===Pan American Championships=== ''Men's Singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Venue !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- |- style="background:#CDFFF4" |align="center"|2016 |align="left"|Clube Fonte São Paulo,<br> Campinas, Brazil |align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Jason Ho-Shue |align="center"|14-21, 18-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|Bronze '''Bronze''' |- |}
''Men's Doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Venue !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- |- style="background:#CDFFF4" |align="center"|2012 |align="left"|Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Miraflores,<br>Lima, Peru |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Daniel Paiola |align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Adrian Liu<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} Derrick Ng |align="center"|9-21, 9-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|Silver '''Silver''' |- |}
===South American Games=== ''Men's Doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Venue !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- style="background:#FFAAAA" |align="center"|2010 |align="left"|Medellín, Colombia |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Daniel Paiola |align="left"|{{flagicon|PER}} Antonio de Vinatea <br> {{flagicon|PER}} Rodrigo Pacheco |align="left"|14-21, 19-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|Silver '''Silver''' |- |}
''Mixed Doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Venue !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- style="background:#FFAAAA" |align="center"|2010 |align="left"|Medellín, Colombia |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Yasmin Cury |align="left"|{{flagicon|PER}} Rodrigo Pacheco <br> {{flagicon|PER}} Claudia Rivero |align="left"|15-21, 15-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|Silver '''Silver''' |- |}
===BWF International Challenge/Series=== ''Men's Doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Tournament !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2015 |align="left"|Colombia International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Daniel Paiola |align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giovanni Greco<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Rosario Maddaloni |align="left"|21-16, 21-17 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2014 |align="left"|Venezuela International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Fabio da Silva Soares |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Arthuso<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} Daniel Paiola |align="left"|21-16, 18–21, 14-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="center"|2013 |align="left"|Santo Domingo Open |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Arthuso |align="left"|{{flagicon|JAM}} Gareth Henry<br>{{flagicon|JAM}} Samuel Ricketts |align="left"|21-19, 16–21, 15-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#D8CEF6" |align="center"|2013 |align="left"|Brazil International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Arthuso |align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Phillip Chew<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Sattawat Pongnairat |align="left"|21-12, 13–21, 15-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="center"|2013 |align="left"|Argentina International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Arthuso |align="left"|{{flagicon|PER}} Andres Corpancho<br>{{flagicon|PER}} Gonzalo Duany |align="left"|21-18, 21-19 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2013 |align="left"|Mercosul International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Arthuso |align="left"|{{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Frohlich<br>{{flagicon|CZE}} Svata Zdenek |align="left"|22-20, 21-15 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2011 |align="left"|Internacional Mexicano |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luis Henrique Dos Santos Jr. |align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Lino Munoz<br>{{flagicon|MEX}} Andres Lopez |align="left"|21-15, 14–21, 18-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |}
''Mixed Doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Tournament !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2015 |align="left"|Puerto Rico International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Lohaynny Vicente |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Daniel Paiola<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} Fabiana Silva |align="left"|21-12, 18–21, 25-23 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#D8CEF6" |align="center"|2015 |align="left"|Chile International Challenge |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luana Vicente |align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Phillip Chew<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Jamie Subandhi |align="left"|14-21, 14-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2015 |align="left"|Argentina International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Lohaynny Vicente |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} David Obernosterer<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} Elisabeth Baldauf |align="left"|''Retired'' |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2015 |align="left"|Colombia International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Fabiana Silva |align="left"|{{flagicon|PER}} Daniel La Torre Regal<br>{{flagicon|PER}} Daniela Macias |align="left"|21-19, 19–21, 21-14 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2015 |align="left"|Internacional Mexicano |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luana Vicente |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} David Obernosterer<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} Elisabeth Baldauf |align="left"|17-21, 17-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2015 |align="left"|Chile International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Lohaynny Vicente |align="left"|{{flagicon|PER}} Mario Cuba<br>{{flagicon|PER}} Katherine Winder |align="left"|18-21, 16-21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2014 |align="left"|Argentina International |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Lohaynny Vicente |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Arthuso<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} Fabiana Silva |align="left"|21-19, 21-19 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="center"|2013 |align="left"|Santo Domingo Open |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Lohaynny Vicente |align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Arthuso<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} Fabiana Silva |align="left"|21-9, 21-13 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |}
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== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BWFB|73532|Alex Yuwan Tjong}} * {{BWFT|7C4049A2-068B-4A8C-B45B-401D27BCF597|Alex Yuwan Tjong}} * {{2015 Pan American Games profile|badminton/athlete-profile-n10151196-tjong-alex-yuwan|Alex Yuwan Tjong}} * [https://www.badminton.org.br/atleta?busca=nome&filtro=Alex+Yuwan+Tjong Alex Yuwan Tjong] at ''Confederação Brasileira de Badminton'' {{in lang|pt}} * {{InterSportStats|3000347638|Alex Tjong}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tjong, Alex Yuwan}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian male badminton players Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in badminton Category:Badminton players at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Badminton players at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:South American Games silver medalists for Brazil Category:South American Games medalists in badminton Category:Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Category:Brazilian people of Chinese descent Category:Brazilian people of Indonesian descent Category:Indonesian people of Chinese descent Category:Sportspeople of Indonesian descent Category:Sportspeople of Chinese descent Category:Sportspeople from Campinas Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen