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Woon Khe Wei

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Character Introduction

Woon Khe Wei (March 18, 1989) is a Malaysian female badminton player.

In April 2010, Woon Khe Wei and Koh Ka Man competed in the women’s doubles at the 2010 Badminton Asia Championships in New Delhi, India, and finished second in the final, losing 1-2 to Pan Pan/Tian Qing of China. In November of the same year, Wen represented Malaysia at the Guangzhou Asian Games, competing in the Women’s Doubles (with Marilyn Poh Oo Leng Wong), Mixed Doubles (with Koo Kian Kiat) and the Women’s Team event.

In 2011, the coaching staff officially paired Wen with Koh Ka Man, and the two reached the quarter-finals of the Thailand and Chinese Taipei Golden Grand Prix, and then defeated two Chinese teams in the Indonesia Golden Grand Prix to win their first women’s doubles title in an international tournament, which was hailed as the most rapidly progressing women’s doubles pair in Malaysia by the Malaysian media.

In September 2014, Wen Kewei represented Malaysia to participate in the Asian Games Badminton Competition held in Incheon, South Korea, and Xu Jiawen played in the women’s doubles event, and ultimately in the semifinals of the straight sets (16-21, 17-21) against the No. 3 seed, Japan’s Misaki Matsutomo / Takahashi Reika, only able to collect the bronze medal, but has become the first team to win the bronze medal of the Asian Games in 44 years since 1970, the first team to win the bronze medal of the women’s doubles. The Malaysian pair won the bronze medal in the women’s doubles at the Asian Games after a gap of 44 years since 1970.

In June 2016, Wen Kewei participated in the Indonesia Badminton Premier Superseries in Jakarta, Indonesia, playing with Xu Jiawen in the women’s doubles event, and in the round of eight, they beat Indonesia’s second women’s doubles pairing of Ingea Sita Avanda / Mahadevi Istrani Nyi Ketut 2-0 (21-14 21-19) to reach their first top-tier tournament semifinal.

In August 2016, Wen Kewei participated in the badminton tournament at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, playing in the women’s doubles event with Koh Ka Man, and the pair advanced to the last eight of the group stage with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss. They were also the first ever Malaysian women’s doubles team to reach the quarterfinals of a badminton tournament at the Summer Olympics. They eventually lost to the tournament’s top seed and later champion, Misaki Matsutomo / Reika Takahashi of Japan, 1-2 (18-21, 21-18, 9-21) in three sets in the last eight.

In August 2017, Wen Kewei participated in the New Zealand Badminton Golden Grand Prix held in Auckland, New Zealand, and Xu Jiawen played in the women’s doubles event, and the two went all the way to the final, successfully killed the final, and won the women’s doubles crown, successfully breaking the 6-year-long drought of international tournament titles.

In December 2018, Wen Kewei announced her retirement from the Malaysian national badminton team due to a knee injury, ending a 15-year badminton career. 

Equipment Used

THRUSTER F Falcon;  HYPERNANO X 800;  SH-P9200LTD;  SH-A920;  sh-p9200 dg/ef/dc;  SHA830SP

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