Simon Wing Hang Leung (born 24 November 1996) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles. He won the mixed doubles Oceania Championships title in 2019 and 2020.
Leung represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. 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.
Early years Leung was only 6 years old when started playing badminton. His whole family played badminton and he started competing in his home city of Brisbane.
Leung began competing professionally in 2010. He competed at the under 15 nationals and was part of the National Junior team until 2014. He represented Australia at the 2013 Oceania Championships and at the 2017 World Championships in Glasgow.
Achievements
Oceania Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Punaauia University Hall,Papeete, Tahiti Daniel Fan Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe 12–21, 15–21 Bronze 2017 Salle Anewy,Nouméa, New Caledonia Mitchell Wheller Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Niccolo Tagle 21–16, 15–21, 18–21 Bronze 2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,Hamilton, New Zealand Mitchell Wheller Robin Middleton Ross Smith 22–20, 15–21, 18–21 Bronze 2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,Melbourne, Australia Mitchell Wheller Sawan Serasinghe Eric Vuong 17–21, 10–21 Silver
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Punaauia University Hall,Papeete, Tahiti Tiffany Ho Anthony Joe Joy Lai 11–21, 18–21 Bronze 2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,Melbourne, Australia Gronya Somerville Sawan Serasinghe Lee Ye Khoo 21–18, 21–15 Gold 2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,Ballarat, Australia Gronya Somerville Tran Hoang Pham Sylvina Kurniawan 21–12, 21–8 Gold
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 North Harbour International Mitchell Wheller Xuheng Zhuan Yi Zhang Bin Rong 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Waikato International Gronya Somerville Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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