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Sze Yu (born 30 September 1962) is a Chinese-born Australian actor, television presenter and retired badminton player.

As a badminton player, he represented both Hong Kong and Australia. In the 1980s, he was one of the top players in the world.

He started his acting career in Taiwan, while still a badminton player. He has since acted in over 60 TV dramas in Taiwan and mainland China.

Athletic career

Sze Yu 施羽
Personal information
Country	Hong Kong (1982–84)  Australia (1986–89)
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Years active	1980–1989
Handedness	right
Medal record Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 1986 Scotland Men's Singles 1986 Scotland Mixed Team

Sze Yu's father Sze Ning On was a Chinese Indonesian badminton player who in 1955 arrived in China to play for the China national badminton team (which at that time was completely made up of Chinese Indonesians). He married Sze Yu's mother, a teacher at the Central Academy of Drama, in Beijing, later moving the family to Shanghai where Sze Yu was born. Sze Yu started seriously playing his father's sport at age 9.

In 1979, the Sze family settled in British Hong Kong and Sze Yu soon distinguished himself as the top player in the territory. In September 1983, his family immigrated to Australia for his education. Despite having become an Australian citizen, Sze still represented Hong Kong in the 1984 Thomas Cup as he hadn't met the 2-year residency requirement to represent Australia.

Representing Australia, Sze received 2 medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He was also named to the Australian 1986 Thomas Cup team but an injury kept him away from the competition. He did play at the 1988 Thomas Cup for Team Australia, coached by his father.

Individual Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Swedish Open	Jens Peter Nierhoff	3–15, 15–10, 12–15	Runner-up
1985	Scottish Open	Torben Carlsen	8–15, 15–3, 15–13	Winner
1985	World Grand Prix Finals	Han Jian	6–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1986	Chinese Taipei Open	Icuk Sugiarto	4–15, 17–14, 15–5	Winner
1986	Indonesia Open	Icuk Sugiarto	6–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1986	Carlton Inter-sport Cup	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15–2, 14–17, 11–15	Runner-up
1986	English Masters	Morten Frost	8–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1987	Carlton Inter-sport Cup	Nick Yates	11–15, 15–6, 15–10	Winner
1988	Canada Open	Steve Butler	15–7, 10–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1988	U.S. Open	Lius Pongoh	11–15, 15–5, 17–16	Winner

Team Competitions

Country Represented	Year	Event	Team	Rank
Hong Kong	1982	Asian Games	Men's team
	1982	Commonwealth Games	Mixed team
	1984	Thomas Cup	Men's team	Qualification round
Australia	1986	Commonwealth Games	Mixed team	3
	1988	Thomas Cup	Men's team	Qualification round
	1989	Sudirman Cup	Mixed team	16

Acting career

In 1989, while nursing an injury in Taipei, Taiwan, where his father took over the Chinese Taipei national badminton team a year prior, Sze Yu was invited by Liu Li-li, a television director, to participate in her TV drama Wanjun, written by the creator Chiung Yao. Liu was taking a team from Chinese Television System to Beijing to create the first-ever Taiwanese TV drama filmed in mainland China. Under the encouragement of his mother, a Beijing native, Sze took on the supporting role of Zhou Shuhao. The series proved massively popular throughout the Chinese-speaking world, and Sze, after winning the Australian International in the same year, decided to retire to pursue an acting career.

Today, Sze is still active in television, mostly in mainland China.

Filmography

Film

TV dramas

References

1. ^ Ren Tong (February 1994). 从世界冠军到电视明星——记台湾"华视"节目主持人施羽. Broadcasting Realm (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
2. Hua Nan (7 June 2010). 陈福寿 用羽毛球报效祖国. China Profiles (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
3. Mei Zi (February 2002). 出生在上海的施羽. Film (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
4. Qi Yuliu (7 May 1989). "NewspaperSG" 施羽挂拍走天涯. Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
5. Luo Ziquan (24 February 1984). "NewspaperSG" 香港羽毛球健将施羽说 打球用头脑省力又有效. Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
6. YPK (24 February 1984). "NewspaperSG" 移居澳洲羽球名将施羽代表香港队参加汤杯赛. Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
7. "Sze Yu...... on the way back". Sidelines. 10 (1). May 1986.
8. "Past Australian Teams". Badminton Australia. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
9. 施宁安应聘担任台湾羽毛球队教练. Reference News (originally by Min Sheng Bao) (in Chinese). 20 April 1988. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
10. Cheng Shao-chun (October 2010). 後冷戰時期文化的彈性資本積累：從台灣通俗文化工作者瓊瑤的創作軌跡談起 (PDF). Mass Communication Research (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 May 2015.

External links

• (in Chinese) Sze Yu on Sina Weibo

• Male actors from Shanghai
• 20th-century Hong Kong male actors
• 21st-century Hong Kong male actors
• 20th-century Australian male actors
• 21st-century Australian male actors
• 20th-century Chinese male actors
• 21st-century Chinese male actors
• Chinese male television actors
• Hong Kong male television actors
• Australian male television actors
• Chinese television presenters
• Hong Kong television presenters
• Australian television presenters
• 1962 births
• Living people
• Badminton players from Shanghai
• Australian people of Chinese descent
• Sportspeople of Chinese descent
• Australian male badminton players
• Hong Kong male badminton players
• Badminton players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games competitors for Hong Kong
• Badminton players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
• Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
• Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games
• Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong
• Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
• 20th-century Australian sportsmen