Liang Wei Keng
Character Introduction
Since the age of seven or eight, Liang Weikang has been practising badminton, initially under the influence of his father, and at around the age of 10 he was selected to start systematic training at the Guangzhou Sports Vocational and Technical College, and later under the tutelage of Lu Richu. Yang Xinfang, the head coach of Guangzhou badminton team, still remembers that Liang Weikang was chubby when he first joined the team, but the test of various indexes of the Institute of Physical Education showed that the condition was not bad, and he stayed in the team.
In August 2015, Liang Weikang entered the professional team training , former national team men’s doubles players, now Guangzhou team coach Cheng Rui, took over the training of Liang Weikang. Due to the fat body, Liang Wei-clang childhood running in the team is always the bottom first, but he is not defeated, toughness, the coach called him to add practice, he will honestly do, never ambiguous.
In 2017, in order to prepare for the National Games, Cheng Rui seconded to the provincial team to help, at the same time Liang Weichang brought the provincial team Ersha’s men’s doubles training group, under the supervision of He Shangquan. From November of the same year, Liang Weikong was selected to train with the Chinese badminton team.
Liang Weikong really took badminton as a lifelong career around 2018, as that was when he was selected for the national team and went on to take second place in the men’s doubles and team title at the Asian Junior Badminton Championships, team title at the World Junior Badminton Championships and third place in the men’s doubles.
On 4 September 2022, Liang Wei-Kong/Wang Chang won their first WBF Superseries 750 level men’s doubles title by defeating the Danish duo Astrup/Rasmussen 21-18,13-21,21-17 in the men’s doubles final of the Japan Open Badminton Championships.
On 3 February 2023, he was awarded the title of International Sportsman.
In December 2023, Liang Wei-Kong/Wang Chang finished second in the Men’s Doubles in the WBF Tour Finals against Kang Min-Hyuk/Seo Seung-Jae 17-21 20-22.
In January 2024, Liang Wei-Kong and Wang Chang won the Malaysian Open with a 9-21 21-18 21-17 victory over Rangiradi/Sheti.
World Ranking – Men’s Doubles 1, Week 29, 2024
Olympic Points – Men’s Doubles 1 , 98849 points
Finals Ranking – Men’s Doubles 9, 43490 points
Equipment Used
ASTROX 100ZZ Antique Red; ASTROX 88D PRO; ASTROX 77 PRO; ARCSABER 11 PRO; BG-80; NANOFLARE 1000Z; AERONAUT 9000; NANOFLARE 800 ; ASTROX 88D PRO new colours; BG-65
Major Achievements
- 2024 Indonesia Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Champion
- Member of 2024 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Champion
- 2024 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2024 Malaysia Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Badminton World Finals Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 China Shenzhen Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Gold Medal
- 2023 China Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 World Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Bronze Medal
- 2023 Korea Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2023 Singapore Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Thailand Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Sudirman Cup Badminton Mixed Team Championships Champion
- 2023 All England Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2023 India Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Malaysia Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Japan Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Malaysia Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Indonesia Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2021 14th National Games Badminton Men’s Team Silver Medal
- 2021 National Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Champion
- Men’s Doubles Champion of the 2nd Youth Games Badminton Group A, 2019
- 2018 World Youth Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Third Place
- 2018 World Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Team Gold Medal
- 2018 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Team Gold Medal