Loh Kean Yew

Loh Kean Yew
Personal information
Country  Singapore
Born (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997
Penang, Malaysia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Handedness Left
Men's singles
Highest ranking 111 (8 September 2016)
Current ranking 162 (13 September 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
2015 Singapore Men's singles
2015 Singapore Men's team
BWF profile

Loh Kean Yew (Chinese: 骆建佑; born 26 June 1997) is a Singaporean badminton player.[2] Born in Penang, Malaysia, Loh moved to Singapore after received Foreign Sports Scholarship from the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA), and educated at the Singapore Sports School.[3][4] He was the bronze medallists at the Southeast Asian Games in the men's singles event in 2015 and in the men's team in 2015 and 2017.[5] He also won the Singapore International tournament in 2014 and 2017 and Malaysia International in 2017.[6][7] His brother, Loh Kean Hean also the member of the Singapore national badminton team.[8] He competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[9]

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Malaysia Mohamad Arif Ab Latif 20–22, 15–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 South Australia International Japan Yu Igarashi 19–21, 24–22, 11–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Mongolia International Indonesia Andre Marteen 15–21, 21–9, 24–22 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Singapore International Singapore Ryan Ng Zin Rei 21–15, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Malaysia International Malaysia Cheam June Wei 21–19, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Singapore International Thailand Kantaphon Wangcharoen 19–21, 21–14, 11–1 Retired 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete Profile: Loh Kean Yew". Kuala Lumpur 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Players: Loh Kean Yew". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "KL2017: Once Malaysian, now Singaporean: Loh has no regrets switching allegiances". New Straits Times. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "She came to us first, insists sports school". AsiaOne. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Athletes: Loh Kean Yew". Singapore Sports Council. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Badminton: Loh Kean Yew plays his own game for surprise title in Malaysia". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Badminton: Not in peak form but NSF Loh wins once more". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "S'pore shuttler Loh Kean Yew, 17, serves notice of intent". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Participants: Kean Yew Loh". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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