Chia interviewed by a journalist after the 2023 President's Cup
Personal information
Birth name
Aaron Chia Teng Fong
Country
Malaysia
Born
(1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 27) Batu Berendam, Malacca, Malaysia
Height
1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness
Right
Coach
Tan Bin Shen Rexy Mainaky
Men's doubles
Highest ranking
2 (with Soh Wooi Yik, 24 January 2023)
Current ranking
4 (with Soh Wooi Yik, 7 May 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Malaysia
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
Men's doubles
World Championships
2022 Tokyo
Men's doubles
2023 Copenhagen
Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2021 Vantaa
Mixed team
2023 Suzhou
Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2024 Chengdu
Men's team
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham
Mixed team
2022 Birmingham
Men's doubles
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou
Men's doubles
Asian Championships
2022 Manila
Men's doubles
2024 Ningbo
Men's doubles
Asia Team Championships
2022 Selangor
Men's team
2020 Manila
Men's team
2024 Selangor
Men's team
SEA Games
2019 Philippines
Men's doubles
2019 Philippines
Men's team
BWF profile
Aaron Chia Teng FongKMW BCM (Chinese: 謝定峰; pinyin: Xiè Dìngfēng; born 24 February 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player.[1][2] He and his partner Soh Wooi Yik became the first ever world badminton champions from Malaysia after winning the men's doubles title at the 2022 World Championships.[3] Together, they also won a gold medal at the 2019 SEA Games,[4] a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Championships,[5] as well as bronze medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[6] 2022 Commonwealth Games,[7] 2023 World Championships,[8] and 2022 Asian Games.[9]
^"Players: Aaron Chia". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
^"Aaron Chia | BAM". Badminton Association of Malaysia. 24 February 1997. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^R., Kirubashini (28 August 2022). "History is made, Aaron-Soh win first Malaysia's badminton world title". The Star. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
^"Doubles' win makes it triple gold for Malaysia's badminton campaign". New Straits Times. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^Liew, Vincent (2 May 2022). "Aaron Chia Upbeat Despite 2022 Badminton Asia Championships Final loss". Badminton Planet. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
^Peter, Fabian (31 July 2022). "Aaron-Wooi Yik win Olympic medal for Malaysia". New Straits Times. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^"Commonwealth Games: Shuttlers Aaron-Wooi Yik tame Peng Soon-Kian Meng for bronze". Malay Mail. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
^"BWF World Championships 2023: Bronze medal finish for Aaron-Wooi Yik". Badminton Association of Malaysia. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
^Lim, Teik Huat (6 October 2023). "Badminton: Aaron-Wooi Yik bag bronze in Asian Games". The Star. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
AaronChia Teng Fong KMW BCM (Chinese: 謝定峰; pinyin: Xiè Dìngfēng; born 24 February 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He and his partner Soh Wooi Yik...
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the quarterfinals, but lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions AaronChia and Soh Wooi Yik. Shetty and Rankireddy won the French Open making it...
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International Challenge, and emerged victorious after defeating the home pair of AaronChia and Soh Wooi Yik in the final. At the 2018 Thomas Cup, the Indonesia men's...
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