Jason Gunawan
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 June 2004 Hong Kong |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Sport | Badminton |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coached by | Wong Choong Hann[2] |
| Men's singles | |
| Highest ranking | 34 (25 March 2025) |
| Current ranking | 40 (14 April 2026) |
| BWF profile | |
Jason Gunawan (Chinese: 吳英倫; pinyin: Wú Yīnglún; Jyutping: ng4 jing1 leon4; born 18 June 2004) is a badminton player from Hong Kong.[3]
Gunawan was born on 18 June 2004 in Hong Kong,[4] to Chinese-Indonesian parents.[5] His father played for the provincial badminton team when he was in Indonesia.[6] He became interested in badminton and started learning the sport at four years old after watching the Lee-Lin rivalry during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[6] As a child, he and his father would go to the local sports center every Sunday to practice, and he eventually made the Hong Kong junior badminton team.[7] Gunawan attended Diocesan Boys' School,[7] and won the Jing Ying All-School competition twice in a row.[6][8] He dropped out in Form 4 to train as a full-time athlete at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.[6] Three months later, he won the men's singles event at the 2020 National Championships, becoming the youngest player to do so at the age of 16.[9][5] However, the Sports Institute was eventually shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[9] forcing Gunawan to take a three-year hiatus from training and only return to competitive sports in May 2022.[5]
