AARON CHIA Teng Fong

Singing, basketball, exercise. (Facebook profile, 20 Dec 2020)

Athlete

Wife Mei Qi, daughters Albee [2015] and Alyssa [2019]

Cantonese, English, Hokkien, Malay, Mandarin

Rexy Mainaky [national], INA; Tan Bin Shen [national], MAS

Right (bwfbadminton, 15 Mar 2020)

He took up badminton at age seven in Malacca, Malaysia, and began competing at age 10. (bwfbadminton, 15 Mar 2020)

"When I was four years old, I would follow my father to the badminton court because he used to play the sport as a hobby, as part of his exercise routine. I would go with him twice a week and was intrigued by it. I began playing regularly when I was seven years old and started training two years later." (tatlerasia, 02 Dec 2022)

To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. (bwfbadminton, 15 Mar 2020)

He and men's doubles partner Soh Wooi Yik train for up to seven hours a day. (tatlerasia, 02 Dec 2022)

Indonesian badminton players Hendra Setiawan and Mohammad Ahsan. (Badminton Association of Malaysia Facebook page, 29 Sep 2022; kompas, 19 Dec 2020)

He listens to music before a match. (BadmintonWorld.tv YouTube channel, 05 Jul 2020)

"I always remind myself that there are only two options in life, to succeed or to fail. Whichever path we go down is up to ourselves and not on anyone else." (olympic, 22 Oct 2020)

He and doubles partner Soh Wooi Yik received the Kesatria Mahkota Wilayah [KMW] award at the 2022 Federal Territory Day in Malaysia. (thestar, 08 Feb 2022; hmetro, 08 Feb 2022)