# Melinda Sun

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{{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](/source/badminton) }}
{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Oceania Championships](/source/Oceania_Badminton_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2016 Papeete](/source/2016_Oceania_Badminton_Championships)|Women's doubles}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Oceania Junior Championships](/source/Oceania_Junior_Badminton_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2013 Papeete](/source/2013_Oceania_Junior_Badminton_Championships)|Mixed doubles}}
| bwfbadminton_id         = 99445
| bwf_id                  = 7C56FD7E-28E1-4FC9-8144-B19021892DB1
}}

'''Melinda Sun''' (born 23 February 1995) is an Australian [badminton](/source/badminton) player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players: Melinda Sun |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/99445/melinda-sun |website=bwfbadminton.com|publisher=[Badminton World Federation](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Badminton_New_Zealand)|accessdate=10 January 2017}}</ref> In 2016, she won the silver medal at the [Oceania Championships](/source/2016_Oceania_Badminton_Championships) in the women's doubles event partnered with [Gronya Somerville](/source/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](/source/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](/source/La_D%C3%A9p%C3%AAche_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](/source/2016_Oceania_Badminton_Championships)
| align="left" | Punaauia University Hall,<br> [Papeete](/source/Papeete), [Tahiti](/source/Tahiti)
| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} [Gronya Somerville](/source/Gronya_Somerville)
| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} [Tiffany Ho](/source/Tiffany_Ho_(badminton)) <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [Jennifer Tam](/source/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](/source/2013_Oceania_Junior_Badminton_Championships)
| align="left" | University of French Polynesia Sports Hall,<br> [Papeete](/source/Papeete), [Tahiti](/source/Tahiti)
| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} [Pit Seng Low](/source/Pit_Seng_Low)
| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} [Anthony Joe](/source/Anthony_Joe) <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [Joy Lai](/source/Joy_Lai)
| align="left" | 4–21, 10–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze '''Bronze'''
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== 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)

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