Lim Yoke Wah

Lim Yoke Wah
Country  Malaysia
Residence Ipoh, Malaysia
Born (1986-01-06) 6 January 1986
Ipoh, Malaysia
Turned Pro 2003
Retired 2009
Plays Right Handed
Racquet used Wilson
Women's singles
Highest ranking No. 41 (June 2008)
Current ranking No. 58 (December 2009)
Last updated on: 20 December 2009.
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 林玉華
Simplified Chinese 林玉华
Hanyu Pinyin Lín Yùhuá
Hokkien POJ Lîm Gio̍k-hôa

Lim Yoke Wah (林玉华; born 6 January 1986 in Ipoh, Perak) is a professional squash player who represented Malaysia.

Lim grew up at her birthplace Ipoh and started playing squash aged ten after being introduced to the sport by a coach. She was trained by Lee See Wee and Ahmed Malik from Pakistan.

In 2002, Lim represented Malaysia at the Hong Kong Junior Open and defeated Lau Siu-ying (劉小瑩) of Hong Kong to win the tournament.[1] In 2006, Lim became the first Malaysian to win a gold medal at the World University Squash Championships.[2] By that year, Lim ranked as the top women's player in Perak.[3]

During her squash career she was based in Kuala Lumpur and coached by Ahmed Malik while studying at Universiti Putra Malaysia.[4][5]


  1. ↑ "越級挑戰19歲組 青少年壁球賽劉少維封王". Apple Daily. 11 August 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "世界大学壁球锦標赛 大马做东放眼1金". Oriental Daily. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Chan, Peter (27 October 2006). "Yoke Wah stunner". The Star. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  4. ↑ WISPA Player Profile
  5. ↑ SquashInfo: Lim Yoke Wah

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