Derek Wong


Derek Wong is a Singaporean badminton player. Wong is a two-time Olympian, who took part at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was flag bearer in the latter's Parade of Nations.

Career

2011 World Championships

Wong shocked Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat, a former Olympic champion in the second round of the World Championships. He defeated the Indonesian star 21-17, 21-14 to earn a place in the third round against Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark.

2011 Southeast Asian Games

Wong upset Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh, then ranked in the world's top 10, at the quarterfinals of the Sea Games. He also came agonisingly close to upsetting the eventual gold medalist, Simon Santoso, in the next round. He led in the early stages of the semifinal match before succumbing to the Indonesian in straight sets.

2012 London Olympics

Wong's Olympic debut ended after a 21–17, 21–14 loss to Jan Ø. Jørgensen in his final Group I match at London's Wembley Arena on 31 July to finish second in the three-man group. "Of course, I wanted to play more games instead of just two. But being in my first Olympics has been a huge experience, and one that I will use for my career," Wong said afterwards. He had earlier beaten Israel's Misha Zilberman 21–9, 21–15 on 29 July.

2014 Commonwealth Games

Wong advanced to the men's singles final but lost to Parupalli Kashyap of India 14-21, 21-11, 21-19, winning a silver medal.

2016 Rio Olympics

Wong qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the Singaporean flag bearer. During group play, he finished in second place in his group and did not advance.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Kashyap Parupalli14–21, 21–11, 19–21 Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2011Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Simon Santoso17–21, 12–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015Bahrain International Challenge Sameer Verma14–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2013Singapore International Lin Yu-hsien21–18, 21–14 Winner
2012Vietnam International Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo17–21, 22–20, 21–10 Winner
2011White Nights Hsu Jen-hao18–21, 21–14, 12–21 Runner-up
2011Iran Fajr International Tommy Sugiarto17–21, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Maldives International Ashton Chen Jurgen Koch
Peter Zauner		21–19, 21–17 Winner