Cheam June Wei (; born 23 January 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
Career Cheam started playing badminton at aged 8 in Penang. As a junior player, he has been trained by Teh Peng Huat, the former coach of world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, for more than year before training under task Lim Theam Teow.
2012 In July, Cheam won the mixed team bronze medal at the Asia Junior Championships in Gimcheon, South Korea.
2014 In 2014, Cheam was promoted to join the national team from the Bukit Jalil Sports School. In March, he was the runner-up at German Junior. In August, he competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and clinched the mixed doubles title with his partner from Hong Kong, Ng Tsz Yau. In September, he finished as the runner-up at the 2014 Malaysia International Junior Championships.
2015 In February, Cheam competed at the Dutch Junior and was crowned the champion. He also entered the semi-final of German Junior in March and Indonesia Junior International in September.
2017–2018 In July 2017, Cheam entered his first senior tournament final at the Malaysia International but lost 19–21, 14–21 to Singapore's Loh Kean Yew.
In February 2018, Cheam became the runner-up at the Austrian Open. In April 2018, he fell to compatriot Leong Jun Hao at the Finnish Open final in three games. In the following week, he won his first senior title at the Dutch International. In October 2018, he entered his first BWF World Tour final at the Dutch Open and finished as runner-up.
2019–2020 In June 2019, Cheam lost out to compatriot Soong Joo Ven in the final of Malaysia International Series. In December 2019, he captured his second title at the Malaysia International Challenge beating Ren Pengbo in the final.
Cheam was also part of Malaysia's men's team that won silver at the 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships.
2021 In September, he was selected as the second men's singles player for the Malaysian men's team that participated in the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup. In November, he resigned from the national team after six years. In December, he made his debut at the 2021 BWF World Championships but lost in the first round to Kenta Nishimoto.
2022 In September, Cheam competed at the 2022 Vietnam Open but crashed out in the semi-final to Sun Feixiang. In October, he entered his second BWF World Tour final at the Indonesia Masters but lost to compatriot Leong Jun Hao in three games.
2024 In June, Cheam clinched the Lin Dan Cup, organised by the badminton legend himself after defeating China's Ren Chengming in straight sets. With the win, he pocketed a total of 200,000 yuan (approximately RM131,000) in prize money. The following week, Cheam became the runner-up of 2024 Kaohsiung Masters after losing to Chinese Taipei's Lee Chia-hao in the finals.
In September, Cheam defeated China's Zhou Ze Qi 14-21, 21-6, 21-16 to win the Lin Dan Cup for the second time in Macau.
2025 Cheam became the first to win the Lin Dan Cup three times in August, beating Wu Kai'an 11-15, 15-13, 15-9 in the final in Jincheng, China.
2026 Cheam reached the final of the Azerbaijan International in February. He suffered a hip injury and had to retire in the second game while trailing Poland's Dominik Kwinta 8-21, 1-8.
In June, Cheam missed out on another chance to clinch gold at the Phuket International Challenge after losing to Rei Miyashita from Japan in the rubber set (20-22, 21-14, 12-21).
Cheam won his fourth Lin Dan Cup in July after beating home favourite and former world No. 11 Zhao Jun Peng 15-13, 9-15, 15-13 in the final in Chenzhou, China. Cheam was down and out at 8-13 in the rubber game before scoring seven consecutive points to clinch the title once again.
Achievements
Youth Olympic Games Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Nanjing Sport Institute,Nanjing, China Ng Tsz Yau Kanta Tsuneyama Lee Chia-hsin 21–14, 23–21 Gold
BWF World Tour (3 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 Dutch Open Super 100 Sourabh Verma 19–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2022 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Leong Jun Hao 21–9, 20–22, 19–21 Runner-up 2024 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Lee Chia-hao 15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 6 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 Malaysia International Loh Kean Yew 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2018 Austrian International Parupalli Kashyap 21–23, 14–21 Runner-up 2018 Finnish Open Leong Jun Hao 21–12, 17–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2018 Dutch International Adrian Dziółko 13–21, 21–13, 21–10 Winner 2019 Malaysia International Soong Joo Ven 13–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2019 Malaysia International Ren Pengbo 21–16, 19–21, 21–18 Winner 2026 Azerbaijan International Dominik Kwinta 8–21, 1–8 (Ret) Runner-up 2026 Phuket International Rei Miyashita 20–22, 21–14, 12-21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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