Shevon Jemie Lai

Shevon Jemie Lai
赖洁敏
Personal information
Country Malaysia
Born 8 August 1993
Selangor, Malaysia
Residence Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness Left
Coach Rosman Razak
Teo Kok Siang
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 86 (WD with Marylen Ng, 6 June 2013)
6 (XD with Goh Soon Huat, 21 June 2018)
Current ranking 15 (XD with Goh Soon Huat, 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Malaysia
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Dubai Mixed doubles
SEA Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Philippines Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines Women's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Taipei Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Alor Setar Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guadalajara Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Lucknow Mixed team
BWF profile

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

Career

She started playing badminton at her primary school SJKC Kuen Cheng 2, then in 2011 she joined the Malaysia national badminton team. 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. In 2012, she became the champion of the Smiling Fish International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wong Fai Yin. 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. In 2013, she represented Kolej Komuniti Kuala Langat competed at the Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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. She also became the runner-up of Smiling Fish International tournament in mixed doubles.

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.

Personal life

On 29 December 2022, Goh and Lai announced their engagement after dating each other for more than two years.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

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

SEA Games

Mixed doubles

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

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 German Open Super 300 Goh Soon Huat Niclas Nøhr
Sara Thygesen
21–14, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Goh Soon Huat Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Korea Masters Super 300 Goh Soon Huat Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Swiss Open Super 300 Goh Soon Huat Mark Lamsfuß
Isabel Lohau
21–12, 18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 Goh Soon Huat Jiang Zhenbang
Wei Yaxin
17–21, 21–19, 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 Goh Soon Huat Pranaav Jerry Chopra
N. Sikki Reddy
13–21, 21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Malaysia Masters Goh Soon Huat Tan Kian Meng
Lai Pei Jing
17–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Thailand Open Goh Soon Huat He Jiting
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 Wong Fai Yin Tan Wee Gieen
Chow Mei Kuan
21–13, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Vietnam International Series Tan Chee Tean Đào Mạnh Thắng
Phạm Như Thảo
14–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Bangladesh International Tan Chee Tean Tan Wee Gieen
Peck Yen Wei
21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Thailand International Tan Chee Tean Choi Sol-gyu
Chae Yoo-jung
21–18, 19–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Bangladesh International Tan Wee Gieen Terry Hee
Tan Wei Han
10–21, 21–19, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Romanian International Wong Fai Yin Ong Yew Sin
Peck Yen Wei
21–15, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Smiling Fish International Wong Fai Yin Terry Hee
Tan Wei Han
16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Malaysia International Goh Soon Huat Yang Po-hsuan
Wen Hao-yun
21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Welsh International Goh Soon Huat Robert Mateusiak
Nadieżda Zięba
16–21, 21–11, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament