Derek Wong

Derek Wong
Personal information
Birth name	Derek Wong
Country	Singapore
Born	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 Singapore
Residence	Singapore
Height	176cm
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	37 (19 June 2014)
Current ranking	39 (11 September 2014)
Medal record Competitor for  Singapore Men's badminton Commonwealth Games Silver 2014 Glasgow Men's singles Bronze 2014 Glasgow Mixed 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]

2012 London Olympics

Derek 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." Derek Wong said afterwards. He had earlier beaten Israel's Misha Zilberman 21–9, 21–15 on 29 July.^[2]

2014 Commonwealth Games

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

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