Dominic Soong

Malaysian-Canadian badminton player

Badminton player

Dominic Soong
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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

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.

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