Dominic Soong

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Dominic Soong
Personal information

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.

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 Badminton Stadium, Singapore City, Singapore Malaysia Punch Gunalan Thailand Sangob Rattanusorn
Thailand Bandid Jaiyen
10–15, 15–18 Silver Silver
1975 Bangkok, Thailand Malaysia Thailand
Thailand
10–15, 4–15 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1975 Bangkok, Thailand Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang Malaysia
Malaysia Sylvia Ng
15–5, 15–4 Gold Gold

Commonwealth Games[]

Men's doubles

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

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