Tay Wei Ming (Chinese: 郑伟铭; pinyin: Zhèng Wěimíng born 23 August 1988) is a Singaporean para-badminton player.
[5] Tay has a condition called Erb's palsy that arose due to trauma during his birth and damaged the nerves in his right arm which affected its growth.
He played well in the singles event and made it to the final where he would lose to Vietnam's Nguyen Van Tai, thus ending his campaign with a silver medal.
[11] In 2014, Tay played at the Indonesia Para-Badminton International and reached the semi-finals of the SU5 men's doubles event before losing to the familiar foes of Cheah Liek Hou and Suhalli Laiman, in two sets.
He reached the quarter-finals of the SU5 men's doubles event but lose out on a spot in the semis when he and his partner Kelvin Pung lost to the Indian pair of Rakesh Pandey and Raj Kumar.
He did one better in the SU5 men's doubles event where he and his partner, Kim Gi-Yeon from South Korea, managed to reach the semi-finals but would lose to the Chinese pair of Chen Kunxiong and Zhu Peiqiang in two games.
[12] Tay continued his good form into his next tournament at the Irish Para-Badminton International where he reached the final of both the SU5 men's singles and doubles events.
[1] In September, he participated in his second BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Stoke Mandeville, England and finished with a bronze medal when he and his partner, Colin Kerouanton, lost in the SU5 men's doubles semi-finals to Malaysian's pair, Cheah Liek Hou and Hairol Fozi Saaba.
He reached the SU5 men's double final with Bartłomiej Mróz but once again lost to the Malaysian's pair of Cheah Liek Hou and Hairol Fozi Saaba.
[19][22] In April, he partake in the first ever Dubai Para-Badminton International and did well, reaching the SU5 men's singles semi-finals before crashing out to Cheah Liek Hou again in two straight games.
[27] In 2019, Tay began his season at the Turkish Para-Badminton International but lost to China's He Zhirui at the SU5 men's singles quarter-finals in rubber game.
[29] At the Irish Para-Badminton International held in June, he once again reached the SU5 men's singles quarter-finals but would lose to Bartłomiej Mróz in two close games.
[31] In September, Tay finally advanced past the quarter-finals at the Thailand Para-Badminton International but he lost in the semi-finals to Fang Jen-Yu.
[35] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tay did not participate in any competition held in the calendar year of 2020 and 2021, hence he miss out on a place at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Paralympic after dropping to 9th in the SU5 men's singles ranking (only the top 8 qualify for the event).
Playing in his favorite event, the SU5 men's singles, he did not advance past the knockout stage after losing to India's Hardik Makkar in three tightly contested games.
[44] In the next few months of competitions, his best showing came at the Brazil Para Badminton International, where he reached the men's doubles semi-finals after teaming up with Bartłomiej Mroz.
[46] At the Hangzhou Para Games held in October, Tay endured a challenging series of matches, suffering losses in both the singles and doubles categories and did not advance past the group stage.
[47] For the remainder of the year, he participated in only two additional tournaments and managed to achieve a semi-finals appearance at the Dubai Para Badminton International in the doubles discipline, while partnering with Bartłomiej Mroz.