Jeremy Gan

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Jeremy Gan
颜伟德
Personal information
Birth nameGan Wye Teck
CountryMalaysia
Born (1979-01-24) 24 January 1979 (age 45)
Bukit Baru, Malacca, Malaysia
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
EventMen's & mixed doubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Bangkok Men's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Silkeborg Boys' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Manila Boys' doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Manila Boys' team
BWF profile
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 颜伟德 [1]
Traditional Chinese 顏偉德
Hanyu Pinyin Yán WéiHong
Hokkien POJ Gân Ûi-Hon

Jeremy Gan Wye Teck (born 24 January 1979) is a Malaysian former badminton player, who now works as a badminton coach. [2] Gan was a boys' doubles gold medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships, and 1997 Asian Junior Championships partnered with Chan Chong Ming. [3] [4] Gan was part of the national team that won the men's team bronze at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. [5] [6] Gan resigned from the Badminton Association of Malaysia in 2017, [7] and moved as the mixed doubles coach at the Nippon Badminton Association starting in January 2018. [8]

Contents

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996 Silkeborg Hallerne,
Silkeborg, Denmark
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chan Chong Ming Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Shih-chung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chien Yu-hsiu
18–17, 15–7 Med 1.png Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium,
Manila, Philippines
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chan Chong Ming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Yun
Med 1.png Gold

IBF International

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002 Malaysia Satellite Flag of Malaysia.svg Gan Teik Chai Flag of South Korea.svg Ha Tae-kwon
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dong-moon
4–15, 0–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2002 Australian International Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Kean Kok Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Brehaut
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Travis Denney
15–2, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2002India Satellite Flag of Malaysia.svg Gan Teik Chai Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Kean Kok
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Bin Shen
15–13, 15–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2001 Malaysia Satellite Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Kean Kok Flag of Malaysia.svg Chan Chong Ming
Flag of Malaysia.svg Hong Chieng Hun
7–4, 4–7, 7–3, 7–1Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1998India International Flag of Malaysia.svg Chan Chong Ming Flag of India.svg Jaseel P. Ismail
Flag of India.svg Vincent Lobo
15–10, 17–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner

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