Dominic Soong

Dominic Soong Chok Soon (c. 1950) is a former male badminton player. He was a doubles player who played first for Malaysia and later for Canada.

Dominic Soong
Personal information
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
Men's badminton
Thomas Cup
1976 BangkokTeam
Commonwealth Games
1974 ChristchurchMen's doubles
Southeast Asian Games
1975 BangkokMixed doubles
1973 SingaporeMen's doubles
1973 SingaporeMen's team
1975 BangkokMen's doubles
1975 BangkokMen's team

Career

Dominic Soong came second at the 1973 Southeast Asian Games in the men's doubles with Punch Gunalan. A year later, they jointly won bronze at the Commonwealth Games. In 1976 Soong played on the Malaysian Thomas Cup team which upset Denmark and finished second to Indonesia. In his new home in Canada, he won the men's doubles competition at the individual championships in 1978.

Coach

Dominic Soong is the founder of the Soong Badminton Academy based in Ottawa, Canada. Having coached for over 40 years, Dominic coaches players of all ages and regularly takes them to compete at regional, provincial, and national level tournaments.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1973 Singapore, Singapore Punch Gunalan Sangob Rattanusorn
Bandid Jaiyen		 Silver
1975 Bangkok, Thailand Cheah Hong Chong Pornchai Sakuntaniyom
Preecha Sopajaree		 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1975 Bangkok, Thailand Rosalind Singha Ang Cheah Hong Chong
Sylvia Ng		 Gold

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1974 Christchurch, New Zealand Punch Gunalan Bob McCoig
Fraser Gow		 17–18, 15–5, 15–7 Bronze

References


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