Ong Jian Guo (born 29 January 1989 in Malacca) is a badminton player from Malaysia.[1] Ong was selected to join the Malacca team in 2001, and two years later he moved to Kuala Lumpur to be educated at the Bukit Jalil Sports School.[2] He was the bronze medalist at the 2007 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event, and helped the Malaysia men's team won the silver medal at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Ong Jian Guo
王健国
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1989-01-29) 29 January 1989 (age 35)
Malacca, Malaysia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking37 (MD 13 April 2017)
20 (XD 2 May 2013)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Jakarta Men's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Waitakere City Boys' doubles
BWF profile
Ong Jian Guo
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese王健國
Simplified Chinese王健国
Hanyu PinyinWáng Jiànguó
JyutpingWong4 Gin6 Gwok3
Hokkien POJÔng Kiān-kok

Ong left national team in 2014, he became independent player pairing with Lim Khim Wah playing Men's double until 2016. He achieved highest world ranking of 37 in 2017. During this period, he was employed under Klang City Badminton Club ("KCBC") and became a coach of its academy for more than 500 students.

Since 2018, he joined Doublestar Sports in Singapore and has experience in coaching of players from juniors to adult. He leads players to participate Singapore local and international tournaments.

Achievements edit

BWF World Junior Championships edit

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Waitakere City, New Zealand   Goh Wei Shem   Li Tian
  Chai Biao
12–21, 16–21   Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Malaysia International   Gan Teik Chai   Goh Wei Shem
  Lin Woon Fui
19–21, 18–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Malaysia International   Woon Khe Wei   Lukhi Apri Nugroho
  Annisa Saufika
21–11, 21–14   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Jian Guo Ong". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. ^ "【元宵禮物】幸福自己爭取‧柳螢主動向健國告白" (in Chinese). Sin Chew Daily. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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