Yew Cheng Hoe

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Yew Cheng Hoe
尤清和
Personal information
Born1943 (age 8081)
Penang, British Malaya [1]
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
Thomas Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1967 Jakarta Men's team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1966 Kingston Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1966 Kingston Men's singles
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1966 Bangkok Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1962 Jakarta Men's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1962 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1965 Lucknow Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1962 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1965 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1969 Rangoon Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1969 Rangoon Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1965 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1965 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1967 Bangkok Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1967 Bangkok Men's doubles

Yew Cheng HoePJN AMN (born 1943) is a former world-class Malaysian badminton player.

Contents

Career

He played on the Malaysian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1963-1964 and 1966-1967, the latter of which won the world championship. [2] During the 1965-1966 tournament season Cheng Hoe was a frequent runner-up to fellow countryman Tan Aik Huang who dominated international singles competition that year. Cheng Hoe won the Malaysian Open and New Zealand Open singles titles in 1963. [3] With Tan Aik Huang he won men's doubles at the British Commonwealth Games in 1966. [4]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1962 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of Malaysia.svg Billy Ng 12–15, 12–15 Med 3.png Bronze

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1965 Selangor Badminton Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Med 3.png Bronze
1967 Bangkok, Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 15–9, 12–15, 8–15 Med 3.png Bronze

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1965 Selangor Badminton Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Aik Huang Med 3.png Bronze
1967 Bangkok, Thailand Flag of Malaysia.svg Khor Cheng Chye Flag of Thailand.svg Narong Bhornchima
Flag of Thailand.svg Raphi Kanchanaraphi
13–15, 3–15 Med 3.png Bronze
1969 Yangon, Myanmar Flag of Malaysia.svg Punch Gunalan Flag of Thailand.svg Thongchai Phongful
Flag of Thailand.svg Singha Siribanterng
Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1969 Yangon, Myanmar Flag of Malaysia.svg Khaw Gaik Bee Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
Flag of Malaysia.svg Rosalind Singha Ang
Med 2.png Silver

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1966 Kingston, Jamaica Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Aik Huang 8–15, 8–15 Med 2.png Silver

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1966 Kingston, Jamaica Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Aik Huang Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Yee Khan
15–14, 15–5 Med 1.png Gold

International tournaments

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1961Penang Open Flag of Thailand.svg Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 12–15, 13–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1963 Singapore Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Teh Kew San 15–11, 3–15, 1–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1963 Malaysia Open Flag of Thailand.svg Sangob Rattanusorn 15–9, 15–1Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1966 Canada Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Aik Huang 11–15, 3–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1966 U.S. Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Aik Huang5–15, 1–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1966Singapore Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Indratno 15–7, 15–1Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1966 Denmark Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Aik Huang Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Yee Khan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
13–15, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1966 Canadian Open Flag of Denmark.svg Svend Pri Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Yee Khan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
15–12, 1–15, 14–17Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1966Penang Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Teh Kew San Flag of Indonesia.svg Ang Tjin Siang
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rudy Nio
Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1966 Singapore Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddy Choong Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Yee Khan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Khor Cheng Chye
15–13, 8–15, 15–2Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Honours

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References

  1. "Cheng Hoe is Ill - Will Miss the Kl 'Festival'". The Straits Times. 9 February 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 78, 84.
  3. Scheele, 229, 252.
  4. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 113.
  5. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  6. "Thomas Cup 1967 winners honoured with 'Panglima Jasa Negara' award carrying 'Datuk' title". Malay Mail. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023 via The Borneo Post.