{{Short description|Australian badminton player (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Melinda Sun | image = MELSUN2130.jpg | image_size = 250 px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|2|23}} | birth_place = | residence = | height = | weight = | country = Australia | years_active = | handedness = Right | coach = | event = Women's singles & doubles | highest_ranking = 86 (WS 13 Oct 2016)<br /> 166 (WD 22 Sep 2016)<br /> 196 (XD 12 Jun 2014) | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Women's badminton }} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Oceania Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Papeete|Women's doubles}} {{MedalCompetition|Oceania Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Papeete|Mixed doubles}} | bwfbadminton_id = 99445 | bwf_id = 7C56FD7E-28E1-4FC9-8144-B19021892DB1 }}

'''Melinda Sun''' (born 23 February 1995) is an Australian badminton player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players: Melinda Sun |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/99445/melinda-sun |website=bwfbadminton.com|publisher=Badminton World Federation|accessdate=10 January 2017}}</ref> In 2013, she won the bronze medal at the Oceania Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Pit Seng Low.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oceania Junior Championships |url=http://results.badminton.org.nz/Ranking/2013/Tourns/Oceania_Juniors.pdf |website=results.badminton.org.nz |publisher=Badminton New Zealand|accessdate=10 January 2017}}</ref> In 2016, she won the silver medal at the Oceania Championships in the women's doubles event partnered with Gronya Somerville.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gobinathan, Chen Finish on Top - Finals: 2016 Oceania Championships |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/04/30/gobinathan-chen-finish-on-top-finals-2016-oceania-championships/ |website=bwfbadminton.com |publisher=Badminton World Federation |accessdate=10 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705035858/http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/04/30/gobinathan-chen-finish-on-top-finals-2016-oceania-championships/ |archive-date=5 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Badminton - Oceania: De L'Argent Durement Gagné |url=http://www.ladepeche.pf/badminton-oceania-de-largent-durement-gagne/ |website=www.ladepeche.pf |publisher=La Dépêche de Tahiti|accessdate=10 January 2017|language=French}}</ref>

== Achievements ==

===Oceania Championships=== ''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | Punaauia University Hall,<br> Papeete, Tahiti | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gronya Somerville | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tiffany Ho <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Jennifer Tam | align="left" | 17–21, 21–19, 20–22 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver '''Silver''' |}

===Oceania Junior Championships=== ''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- |- style="background:#AABBCC" | align="center" | 2013 | align="left" | University of French Polynesia Sports Hall,<br> Papeete, Tahiti | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Pit Seng Low | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Joe <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Joy Lai | align="left" | 4–21, 10–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |}

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== External links == {{commons category|Melinda Sun}} * {{BWF|7C56FD7E-28E1-4FC9-8144-B19021892DB1}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Melinda}} Category:Living people Category:1995 births Category:Australian people of Chinese descent Category:Sportspeople of Chinese descent Category:Australian female badminton players Category:Place of birth missing (living people)