Chan Yun Lung

Alan Chan Yun Lung (born February 29, 1988) is a male badminton player from New Zealand who specializes in doubles. In 2008 he started representing Hong Kong, then in 2017 he returned to representing New Zealand.

Chan Yun Lung
陳潤龍
Personal information
Country New Zealand
Born (1988-02-29) 29 February 1988
Hong Kong[1]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking32 (MD) 13 February 2014
15 (XD) 16 July 2015
Chan Yun Lung
Traditional Chinese陳潤龍
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chan.

Career

Chan started his junior career at age eight as a New Zealand player.[2] In 1999, when he was eleven, he won the boys' and mixed doubles title at the New Zealand U-14 championships.[3]

In 2004, he represented his country at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo, Australia.[4] He was also a member of the New Zealand team at the 2007 Sudirman Cup in Glasgow, Scotland.[3]

Chan moved to Hong Kong with his parents and, in 2008, he was selected to join the national team.[2][5] He was the 2012 and 2013 mixed doubles champion at the Hong Kong national championships. He also represented Hong Kong at the 2014 Asian Games.[6]

Achievements

BWF International Series

Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Austrian International Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei
Hong Kong Chau Hoi Wah		 15-21, 21-16, 21-16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2013 Vietnam International Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei
Hong Kong Chau Hoi Wah		 21-4, 17-21, 21-17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Vietnam International Hong Kong Wong Wai Hong Chinese Taipei Liao Min-chun
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-han		 28-30, 14-21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

References
  1. "CHAN Alan Yun Lung". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. "Players: Chan Alan Yun Lung". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. "Player Profile: Alan Chan". Sport New Zealand. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  4. "Alan Chan". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  5. "Congratulations to Auckland's New National Squad Members". Sport New Zealand. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. "運動員資料 Athlete's Biography: 陳潤龍". Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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