Simon Leung

Simon Leung
梁永亨
Personal information
Birth nameSimon Wing Hang Leung
CountryAustralia
Born (1996-11-24) 24 November 1996 (age 27)
Brisbane, Australia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking62 (MD with Mitchell Wheller 14 January 2020)
51 (XD with Gronya Somerville 17 March 2020)
Current ranking79 (MD with Mitchell Wheller)
54 (XD with Gronya Somerville) (10 August 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ballarat Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Melbourne Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Papeete Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Papeete Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hamilton Men's doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Simon Wing Hang Leung (born 24 November 1996) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles.[1] He won the mixed doubles Oceania Championships title in 2019 and 2020. Simon Leung is currently a Police officer working for Queensland Police[2]

Leung represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Players: Simon Wing Hang LEUNG". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Manota retains his title at Oceania Championships". The Courier. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Leung Simon Wing Hang". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Badminton LEUNG Simon Wing Hang - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.