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Marcus Koh | |
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| Born | Jin-Hao Koh (Chinese: 许君豪) Marcus Koh 1993 |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Occupation | Yo-yo performer |
| Website | www |
Marcus Koh is a Singaporean yo-yo performer and competitor born in 1993. He won the world championships in the 1A division in 2011. He has been sponsored by the yo-yo companies Turning Point and Auldey. In 2015, he started his own company, called Throw Revolution.[ citation needed ]
Marcus Koh started playing with yo-yos in 2003 when he was 10 years old, inspired by the TV cartoon "Super Yo-yo". [1] He competed in the Singapore and Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships 1A division (single unresponsive yo-yo category).
Koh won the national title in the 1A division in Singapore in 2009. [2] He won the world title in the 1A division on August 6, 2011. [3]
| 1A | |||||||||||
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| Event | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| World Yo-Yo Contest | 9th | 1st | 2nd | 16th | 12th | 16th | |||||
| Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||||
| Singapore Yo-Yo Contest | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | ||||
| 5A | |||||||||||
| Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships | 12th | 12th | |||||||||
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