Cheah Soon Kit

Cheah Soon Kit
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1968-01-09) 9 January 1968 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Career title(s)	14
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Malaysia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Men's doubles World Championships 1993 Birmingham Men's doubles 1997 Glasgow Men's doubles 1995 Lausanne Men's doubles World Cup 1992 Guangzhou Men's doubles 1994 Ho Chi Minh City Men's doubles Asian Championships 1995 Beijing Men's doubles Thomas Cup 1992 Kuala Lumpur Team 1988 Kuala Lumpur Team 1990 Tokyo Team 1994 Jakarta Team 1998 Hong Kong Team 1986 Jakarta Team Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Men's doubles 1994 Hiroshima Men's team Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria Men's doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1990 Auckland Men's doubles 1994 Victoria Mixed team 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1993 Chiang Mai Men's doubles 1995 Chiang Mai Men's doubles 1995 Chiang Mai Men's team
BWF profile
Updated on 09:43, 21 September 2013 (UTC).

Cheah Soon Kit KMN BSD (born 9 January 1968 in Ipoh, Perak) is a former Malaysian badminton player, specialised in men's doubles. He currently serves as the national men's doubles coach for Malaysia.

Career

He has played for Malaysia national badminton team since 1986. He had played with different pairs such as Ong Beng Teong (1986–1989), Soo Beng Kiang (1990–1994), Yap Kim Hock (1995-1998) and Choong Tan Fook (1998).

Cheah competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Yap Kim Hock. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Ha Tae-kwon and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in quarterfinals. In the final, Cheah and Yap lost to Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia 15-5, 13-15, 12-15, the former eventually became the national coach for Malaysia's men's doubles. As of 2018, Cheah is the national men's doubles coach.

Achievements

Finals: 22 (14 titles, 8 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1988	Swiss Open	Ong Beng Teong	Rahman Sidek Ong Ewe Chye	15-9, 15–6
Winner	1989	Swiss Open	Ong Beng Teong	Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan	15-9, 5-15, 15-7
Runner-up	1989	Thailand Open	Razif Sidek	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	11–15, 3–15
Winner	1991	Swedish Open	Soo Beng Kiang	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	18–14, 15–7
Runner-up	1991	Thailand Open	Soo Beng Kiang	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	3–15, 11–15
Winner	1992	World Cup	Soo Beng Kiang	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	15–10, 15–11
Winner	1992	US Open	Soo Beng Kiang	Thomas Lund Jens Olsson	15–9, 15–11
Winner	1992	Malaysia Open	Soo Beng Kiang	Chen Kang Chen Hongyong	15–12, 15–7
Winner	1993	Dutch Open	Soo Beng Kiang	Jiang Xin Yu Qi	15–4, 17–14
Runner-up	1993	World Championships	Soo Beng Kiang	Ricky Subagja Rudy Gunawan	11–15, 3–15
Winner	1994	World Cup	Soo Beng Kiang	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	18–13, 2–15, 17–16
Winner	1995	Asian Championships	Yap Kim Hock	Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin
Runner-up	1995	Thailand Open	Yap Kim Hock	Jiang Xin Huang Zhanzhong
Winner	1995	World Grand Prix	Yap Kim Hock	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	13–18, 15–2, 15–12
Winner	1996	Malaysia Open	Yap Kim Hock	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	15–5, 15–3
Runner-up	1996	All England Open	Yap Kim Hock	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	6–15, 5–15
Runner-up	1997	World Championships	Yap Kim Hock	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	15–8, 17–18, 7–15
Winner	1998	Dutch Open	Choong Tan Fook	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–11, 15–9
Winner	1998	Japan Open	Yap Kim Hock	Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho	15–9, 15–7
Winner	1999	Hong Kong Open	Yap Kim Hock	Sigit Budiarto Halim Haryanto	15–12, 15–12
Runner-up	1999	Chinese Taipei Open	Choong Tan Fook	Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho	4–15, 17–14, 8–15
Runner-up	2000	Chinese Taipei Open	Yap Kim Hock	Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan	7–15, 7–15

Honours

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Cheah Soon Kit". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.