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Shevon Jemie Lai

Shevon Jemie Lai
赖洁敏
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1993-08-08) 8 August 1993 (age 31)
Selangor, Malaysia
ResidenceKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Spouse
(m. 2024)
HandednessLeft
CoachTeo Kok Siang[1]
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking86 (WD with Marylen Ng, 6 June 2013)
6 (XD with Goh Soon Huat, 21 June 2018)
Current ranking10 (XD with Goh Soon Huat, 03 December 2024)
BWF profile

Shevon Jemie Lai (Chinese: 賴潔敏; pinyin: Lài Jiémǐn; born 8 August 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player.[2]

Career

She started playing badminton at her primary school SJKC Kuen Cheng 2, then in 2011 she joined the Malaysia national badminton team.[2] She competed at the BWF World Junior Championships in the mixed team event and won a silver medal in 2009, a bronze medal in 2010, and a gold medal in 2011.[3][4][5] In 2012, she became the champion of the Smiling Fish International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wong Fai Yin.[6] She also became the semi-finalist of the Malaysia International tournament in women's doubles event partnered with Marylen Ng and at the Singapore International tournament in mixed's doubles event partnered with Ong Jian Guo.[7][8] In 2013, she represented Kolej Komuniti Kuala Langat competed at the Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.[9]

In 2014, she also became the semi-finalist of the Singapore International Series and Malaysia International Challenge tournaments in mixed doubles event partnered with Tan Chee Tean.[10][11] In September 2014, she became the runner-up of the Vietnam International Series tournament defeated by the Đào Mạnh Thắng and Phạm Như Thảo of Vietnam with the score 21–14, 21–11.[12] In December 2014, she became the champion of the Bangladesh International tournament in mixed doubles event after defeat her compatriot Tan Wee Gieen and Peck Yen Wei with the score 21–17, 21–18.[13]

In 2015, she became the runner-up of the Granular-Thailand International Challenge tournament in mixed doubles event after defeated by Choi Sol-gyu and former World Junior Champion Chae Yoo-jung of South Korea with the score 18–21, 21–19, 21–12.[14] In November, she became the runner-up in mixed doubles event partnered with Tan Wee Gieen and semi-finalist in women's doubles event partnered with Peck Yen Wei at the Bangladesh International tournament.[15][16]

In 2016, she won the Romanian International tournament in mixed doubles event partnered with Wong Fai Yin, after edging their teammates Ong Yew Sin and Peck Yen Wei with the score 21–15, 21–17.[17] She also became the runner-up of Smiling Fish International tournament in mixed doubles.[18]

In November 2016, she was paired with Goh Soon Huat a former men's singles badminton player, and they will compete at the Malaysia International Challenge tournament.[19]

Personal life

On 29 December 2022, Goh and Lai announced their engagement after dating each other for more than two years.[20] They were married on 4 May 2024.[21]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Malaysia Goh Soon Huat China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong
11–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

SEA Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Axiata Arena,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai
15–21, 20–22 Silver Silver
2019 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines
Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Indonesia Praveen Jordan
Indonesia Melati Daeva Oktavianti
19–21, 21–19, 21–23 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[22] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[23]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 German Open Super 300 Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Denmark Niclas Nøhr
Denmark Sara Thygesen
21–14, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad
Indonesia Liliyana Natsir
21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Korea Masters Super 300 Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Hong Kong Tang Chun Man
Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet
14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Swiss Open Super 300 Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Germany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Isabel Lohau
21–12, 18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 Malaysia Goh Soon Huat China Jiang Zhenbang
China Wei Yaxin
17–21, 21–19, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Swiss Open Super 300 Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Malaysia Chen Tang Jie
Malaysia Toh Ee Wei
21–16, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Indonesia Rinov Rivaldy
Indonesia Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
21–18, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 China Open Super 1000 Malaysia Goh Soon Huat China Feng Yanzhe
China Huang Dongping
21–17, 14–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Scottish Open Malaysia Goh Soon Huat India Pranaav Jerry Chopra
India N. Sikki Reddy
13–21, 21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Malaysia Masters Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Malaysia Tan Kian Meng
Malaysia Lai Pei Jing
17–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Thailand Open Malaysia Goh Soon Huat China He Jiting
China Du Yue
13–21, 21–16, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge / Series (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Smiling Fish International Malaysia Wong Fai Yin Malaysia Tan Wee Gieen
Malaysia Chow Mei Kuan
21–13, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Vietnam International Series Malaysia Tan Chee Tean Vietnam Đào Mạnh Thắng
Vietnam Phạm Như Thảo
14–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Bangladesh International Malaysia Tan Chee Tean Malaysia Tan Wee Gieen
Malaysia Peck Yen Wei
21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Thailand International Malaysia Tan Chee Tean South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
21–18, 19–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Bangladesh International Malaysia Tan Wee Gieen Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Tan Wei Han
10–21, 21–19, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Romanian International Malaysia Wong Fai Yin Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Peck Yen Wei
21–15, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Smiling Fish International Malaysia Wong Fai Yin Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Tan Wei Han
16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Malaysia International Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Chinese Taipei Yang Po-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Wen Hao-yun
21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Welsh International Malaysia Goh Soon Huat Poland Robert Mateusiak
Poland Nadieżda Zięba
16–21, 21–11, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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