Dominic Soong


Dominic Soong Chok Soon is a former male badminton player. He was a doubles player who played first for Malaysia and later for Canada.

Career

Dominic Soong came second at the 1973 Southeast Asian Games in the men's doubles with Punch Gunalan. A year later, they jointly won bronze at the Commonwealth Games. In 1976 Soong played on the Malaysian Thomas Cup team which upset Denmark and finished second to Indonesia. In his new home in Canada, he won the men's doubles competition at the individual championships in 1978.

Coach

Dominic Soong is the founder of the Soong Badminton Academy based in Ottawa, Canada. Having coached for over 40 years, Dominic coaches players of all ages and regularly takes them to compete at regional, provincial, and national level tournaments.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1973Singapore, Singapore Punch Gunalan Sangob Rattanusorn
Bandid Jaiyen
Silver
1975Bangkok, Thailand Cheah Hong Chong Pornchai Sakuntaniyom
Preecha Sopajaree
Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1975Bangkok, Thailand Rosalind Singha Ang Cheah Hong Chong
Sylvia Ng
Gold

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1974Christchurch, New Zealand Punch Gunalan Bob McCoig
Fraser Gow
17–18, 15–5, 15–7 Bronze