Dominic Soong
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Dominic Soong 宋作順 | |
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Personal information | |
Country | Malaysia Canada |
Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
Medal record |
Dominic Soong Chok Soon (born c. 1950) is a former male badminton player. He was a doubles player who played first for Malaysia and later for Canada.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1973 | Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore City, Singapore | Punch Gunalan | Sangob Rattanusorn Bandid Jaiyen |
10–15, 15–18 | Silver |
1975 | Bangkok, Thailand | Cheah Hong Chong | Pornchai Sakuntaniyom Preecha Sopajaree |
10–15, 4–15 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1975 | Bangkok, Thailand | Rosalind Singha Ang | Cheah Hong Chong Sylvia Ng |
15–5, 15–4 | Gold |
Commonwealth Games
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1974 | Cowles Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand | Punch Gunalan | Bob McCoig Fraser Gow |
17–18, 15–5, 15–7 | Bronze |
References
[edit]- Report on the Malaysian Thomas Cup
- Pages for Thomas Cup at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 December 2006)
- Canadian male badminton players
- Malaysian male badminton players
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Malaysian emigrants to Canada
- Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Malaysia
- Asian Games competitors for Malaysia
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Canadian sportspeople stubs
- North American badminton biography stubs