Jaspar Yu Woon Chai
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 14 November 1988 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Brunei |
| Sport | Badminton |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's singles and doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 199 (MS 13 July 2017) 302 (MD 18 June 2019) |
| Current ranking | 1005 (MS) 590 |
| BWF profile | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 杨建财 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊建財 | ||||||
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Jaspar Yu Woon Chai (Chinese: 杨建财; pinyin: Yáng Jiàncái; born 14 November 1988) is a Bruneian badminton player.[1] He achieved a career high ranking of 199 in the men's singles discipline.
It was announced in May 2016 that he was awarded the tripartite commission to compete in the men's singles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] Yu was the first badminton athlete from Brunei to compete at the Olympics.[3]
Education
[edit | edit source]Jaspar obtained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) with major in Geography and Development from the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD).[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Jaspar has made a few Superseries appearances at the international stage. In 2019, alongside his partner, they qualified to the main draw of the Badminton Asia Championships after winning the group tie in group B but lost to the eventual bronze medalists Kang Min-hyuk and Kim Won-ho in the first round.
He made his debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]
| 2016 Summer Olympics – men's singles | |||
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| Round | Opponent | Score | Result |
| RR | Hong Kong Hu Yun | 16–21, 15–21 | Lose |
| RR | Spain Pablo Abián | 12–21, 10–21 | Lose |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Tournament Software
- Badminton World Federation
- Player Profile website
- BWF World Ranking website
- Living people
- 1988 births
- People from Kinmen County
- Bruneian male badminton players
- Bruneian people of Chinese descent
- Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Brunei
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- SEA Games competitors for Brunei
- Bruneian sportspeople stubs
- Badminton biography stubs