Derek Wong Zi Liang

Derek Wong Zi Liang
Derek Wong at 2013 Axiata Cup
Personal information
Birth name	黄梓良
Country	Singapore
Born	13 January 1989 Singapore
Residence	Singapore City, Singapore
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	37 (19 June 2014)
Current ranking	68 (1 November 2016)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Singapore Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Men's singles 2014 Glasgow Mixed team Southeast Asian Games 2011 Indonesia Men's singles 2011 Indonesia Men's team

Derek Wong Zi Liang (traditional Chinese: 黃梓良) (born 13 January 1989) is a Singaporean badminton player. He competed for Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

2011 World Championships

Wong shocked Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat, a former Olympic champion in the second round of the World Championships. He defeated the Indonesian star 21-17, 21-14 to earn a place in the third round against Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark.

2011 Southeast Asian Games

Wong upset Vietnam’s Nguyen Tien Minh, then ranked in the world’s top 10, at the quarterfinals of the Sea Games. He also came agonizingly close to upsetting the eventual gold medalist, Simon Santoso, in the next round. He led in the early stages of the semifinal match before succumbing to the Indonesian in straight sets.

2012 London Olympics

Wong's Olympic debut ended after a 21–17, 21–14 loss to Jan Ø. Jørgensen in his final Group I match at London's Wembley Arena on 31 July to finish second in the three-man group. "Of course, I wanted to play more games instead of just two. But being in my first Olympics has been a huge experience, and one that I will use for my career," Wong said afterwards. He had earlier beaten Israel's Misha Zilberman 21–9, 21–15 on 29 July.^[2]

2014 Commonwealth Games

Wong advanced to the men's singles final but lost to Parupalli Kashyap of India 14-21, 21-11, 21-19, winning a silver medal.^[3]

2016 Rio Olympics

Wong qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the Singaporean flag bearer. During group play, he finished in second place in his group and did not advance.^[4]

References

1. London 2012
2. Wong's Olympic debut over Today Online. by Tan Yo-Hinn.1 Aug 2012.
3. "Men's Singles Gold Medal Match". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
4. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-27.