Malaysian badminton player
Badminton player
Chia Wei Jie 谢炜杰 Country Malaysia Born (2000-01-03 ) 3 January 2000 (age 24) Handedness Right Highest ranking 63 (with Low Hang Yee ) (22 November 2022) 71 (with Liew Xun ) (17 October 2023) Current ranking 71 (with Liew Xun) (17 October 2023) BWF profile
Chia Wei Jie (Chinese : 謝煒傑 ; pinyin : Xiè Wěijié ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Chiā Úi-kia̍t ; born 3 January 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player.[ 1] He was part of the Malaysian team that won a silver medal at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships .[ 2]
Career
2017–2018
In July 2017, Chia won the boys' doubles bronze medal with Ng Tze Yong at the 2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships .[ 3] He was also part of Malaysia's mixed team that won two consecutive bronze medals at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in 2017 and 2018 .
2019–2021
In November 2019, Chia partnered with Pearly Tan at the India International and became the runner-ups.[ 4] In March 2021, he partnered with Chang Yee Jun and earned the runner-up position at the Polish Open .[ 5]
2022
In January, Chia and partner Low Hang Yee entered the final of the Swedish Open but lost out to Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Andy Kwek .[ 6] In the following week, they entered their second consecutive final and captured their first international title at the Ukraine Open .[ 7] [ 8] Following the good results with his partner, he was selected as a backup player for the Malaysian squad at the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup .[ 9]
2023
In May, Chia made his debut at the 2023 SEA Games where he helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the men's team event.[ 10] He later on competed in the men's doubles event with Liew Xun but crashed out in the quarter-finals.[ 11] In July, Chia and Liew entered their first final as a pair at the Mongolia International and finished as runner-ups.[ 12]
Achievements
Asian Junior Championships
Boys' doubles
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
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