Huang Chao
黄超
Personal information
CountrySingapore
Born (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992
Jingzhou, Hubei, China
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking121 (10 June 2011)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Mixed team
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vientiane Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
BWF profile

Huang Chao (Chinese: 黄超; born 30 June 1992) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former badminton player. He is a one-time national champion.

Early life

Huang was born in Jingzhou, Hubei, China, and joined the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) on the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in 2004 when he was 12 years old. The three-time provincial junior champion, whose father Huang Kai was a national player for China in the 1980s.

Career

In 2010, he was Singapore's lone badminton representative at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. He made it to the quarter-finals, upsetting India's second seed B. Sai Praneeth along the way.[1]

Huang was part of the squad who won men's team bronzes at the 2009 and 2011 Southeast Asian Games. He is a former national champion, having won the men's singles title at the 2013 edition.[2] He also played a part in the mixed team bronze at 2014's Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Huang retired from the Singapore national badminton team on 1 September 2015 due to shoulder injury.[3] He is expected to remain in Singapore and has not ruled out the possibility of working with the Singapore Badminton Association in the future.

Personal life

Huang became a Singapore citizen in 2010.

Achievements

  • 2014
    • Glasgow Commonwealth Games Mixed team - 3rd
  • 2011
    • Indonesia SEA Games Men's team - 3rd
  • 2009
    • Laos SEA Games Men's team - 3rd

References

  1. ↑ "Youth Olympic Badminton: Singapore's Huang Chao upsets Indian second seed". Jan Lin. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "National Championships 2013". Singapore Badminton Association.
  3. ↑ "Shuttler Huang Chao bids farewell". Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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