Cheam June Wei (Chinese: 詹俊為; pinyin: Zhān Jùnwéi; born 23 January 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player.[2] He was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[3]
Career
Cheam started playing badminton at aged 8 in Penang. As a junior player, he has been trained by Teh Peng Huat, the former coach of world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, for more than year before training under task Lim Theam Teow.
In 2014, Cheam was promoted to join the national team from the Bukit Jalil Sports School.[5] In March, he was the runner-up at Gerrman Junior. In August, he competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and clinched the mixed doubles title with his partner from Hong Kong, Ng Tsz Yau.[3] In September, he finished as the runner-up at the 2014 Malaysia International Junior Championships.[6]
2015
In February, Cheam competed at the Dutch Junior and was crowned the champion.[7] He also entered the semi-final of German Junior in March and Indonesia Junior International in September.
In February 2018, Cheam became the runner-up at the Austrian Open.[9] In April 2018, he fell to compatriot Leong Jun Hao at the Finnish Open final in three games.[10] In the following week, he won his first senior title at the Dutch International.[11] In October 2018, he entered his first BWF World Tour final at the Dutch Open and finished as runner-up.[12]
2019–2020
In June 2019, Cheam lost out to compatriot Soong Joo Ven in the final of Malaysia International Series.[13] In December 2019, he captured his second title at the Malaysia International Challenge beating Ren Pengbo in the final.[14]
In September, he was selected as the second men's singles player for the Malaysian men's team that participated in the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup.[17] In November, he resigned from the national team after six years.[18] In December, he made his debut at the 2021 BWF World Championships but lost in the first round to Kenta Nishimoto.
2022
In September, Cheam competed at the 2022 Vietnam Open but crashed out in the semi-final to Sun Feixiang.[19] In October, he entered his second BWF World Tour final at the Indonesia Masters but lost to compatriot Leong Jun Hao in three games.[20]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[21] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[22]
^Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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