Tan Wee Kiong

Tan Wee Kiong
陈蔚强
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1989-05-21) 21 May 1989 (age 35)
Muar, Johor, Malaysia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachCheah Soon Kit
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Goh V Shem, 7 November 2016)
Current ranking65 (with Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub, 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 New Delhi Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kunshan Men's team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Men's doubles
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Men's team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alor Setar Men's team
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Men's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Incheon Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Boys' doubles
BWF profile
Tan Wee Kiong
Traditional Chinese陳煒強
Simplified Chinese陈炜强
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Wěi Qiáng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTân Ùi-kiông

Tan Wee Kiong AMN (Chinese: 陳蔚強; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Ùi-kiông; born 21 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player in the doubles event. He had a partnership with Goh V Shem, which began at the 2014 Thomas Cup. Together, Tan and Goh won the gold medal in the men's doubles and the mixed team event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. They also won bronze at the 2014 Asian Games. In their Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics, they won the silver medal, becoming the first Malaysian pair to achieve such a feat since 1996.[1][2] In November 2016, they reached a career-high ranking of world number 1, making them the fifth ever Malaysian men's doubles pair to do so, after Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek, followed by Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock, Chan Chong Ming and Chew Choon Eng, and Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong.

Commonwealth Games 2014 badminton double final
  1. ^ Peter, Fabian (13 September 2017). "Writing is on the wall for Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong". www.nst.com.my. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Goh V Shem- Tan Wee Kiong officially quit BAM". www.thesundaily.my. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

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