Simon Leung

{{Short description|Australian badminton player (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Simon Leung 梁永亨 | image = | image_size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = Simon Wing Hang Leung | country = Australia | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|11|24}} | birth_place = Brisbane, Australia | height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = | handedness = Right | event = Men's & mixed doubles | highest_ranking = 62 (MD with Mitchell Wheller 14 January 2020) 51 (XD with Gronya Somerville 17 March 2020) | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's badminton }} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Oceania Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2019 Melbourne | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalGold | 2020 Ballarat | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalSilver | 2019 Melbourne | Men's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Papeete | Men's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Papeete | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2017 Nouméa | Men's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2018 Hamilton | Men's doubles }} {{MedalCompetition | Oceania Mixed Team Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2019 Melbourne | Mixed team }} {{MedalCompetition | Oceania Men's Team Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2020 Ballarat | Men's team }} | bwfbadminton_id = 89199 | bwf_id = 6D8D9485-2488-4D60-A048-815BC2A168AD }}

'''Simon Wing Hang Leung''' (born 24 November 1996) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Wing Hang LEUNG |url=https://bwfbadminton.com/player/89199/simon-wing-hang-leung |website=bwfbadminton.com |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref> He won the mixed doubles Oceania Championships title in 2019 and 2020.

Leung represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref name="Tokyo 2020">{{cite web |title=LEUNG Simon Wing Hang |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/badminton/athlete-profile-n1483976-leung-simon-wing-hang.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=22 July 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728113415/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/badminton/athlete-profile-n1483976-leung-simon-wing-hang.htm |archive-date=28 July 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Tokyo 2020" />

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simon Leung |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/simon-leung/ |access-date=10 October 2021 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Achievements ==

=== Oceania Championships === ''Men'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, Papeete, Tahiti | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Fan | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Chau {{flagicon|AUS}} Sawan Serasinghe | align="left" | 12–21, 15–21 | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mitchell Wheller | align="left" | {{flagicon|NZL}} Kevin Dennerly-Minturn {{flagicon|NZL}} Niccolo Tagle | align="left" | 21–16, 15–21, 18–21 | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mitchell Wheller | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Robin Middleton {{flagicon|AUS}} Ross Smith | align="left" | 22–20, 15–21, 18–21 | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mitchell Wheller | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Sawan Serasinghe {{flagicon|AUS}} Eric Vuong | align="left" | 17–21, 10–21 | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" | Silver '''Silver''' |}

''Mixed 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, Papeete, Tahiti | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tiffany Ho | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Joe {{flagicon|AUS}} Joy Lai | align="left" | 11–21, 18–21 | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gronya Somerville | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Sawan Serasinghe {{flagicon|AUS}} Lee Ye Khoo | align="left" | 21–18, 21–15 | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" | Gold '''Gold''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | 2020 | align="left" | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gronya Somerville | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tran Hoang Pham {{flagicon|AUS}} Sylvina Kurniawan | align="left" | 21–12, 21–8 | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" | Gold '''Gold''' |}

=== BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up) === ''Men's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | North Harbour International | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mitchell Wheller | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Xuheng Zhuan Yi {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Bin Rong | align="left" | 14–21, 16–21 | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}

''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Waikato International | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gronya Somerville | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Midorikawa {{flagicon|JPN}} Natsu Saito | align="left" | 15–21, 13–21 | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{BWFB|89199}} * {{BWFT|6D8D9485-2488-4D60-A048-815BC2A168AD}} * {{AOC profile|simon-leung}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leung, Simon}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Brisbane Category:Australian people of Hong Kong descent Category:Australian male badminton players Category:Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic badminton players for Australia Category:Sportsmen from Queensland Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen Category:Sportspeople of Hong Kong descent