Dominic Soong

Dominic Soong Chok Soon (born c. 1950) is a former male badminton player. He was a doubles player who played first for Malaysia and later for Canada.

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Personal information
Country	Malaysia Canada
Born	1950 (age 73–74)
Medal record Representing Malaysia Men's badminton Thomas Cup 1976 Bangkok Team Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch Men's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1975 Bangkok Mixed doubles 1973 Singapore Men's doubles 1973 Singapore Men's team 1975 Bangkok Men's doubles 1975 Bangkok Men's team 1977 Kuala Lumpur Men's team

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	Punch Gunalan	Sangob Rattanusorn Bandid Jaiyen	10–15, 15–18	Silver
1975	Bangkok, Thailand	Cheah Hong Chong	Pornchai Sakuntaniyom Preecha Sopajaree	10–15, 4–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

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

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1974	Cowles Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand	Punch Gunalan	Bob McCoig Fraser Gow	17–18, 15–5, 15–7	Bronze

References

• Report on the Malaysian Thomas Cup
• Pages for Thomas Cup at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 December 2006)