Tan Aik Huang

Tan Aik Huang
Personal information
Birth name 陳奕芳
Country  Malaysia
Born (1946-02-14) 14 February 1946
Singapore
Years active 1965-1973
Handedness Right
Event Men's singles
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
Men's badminton
Thomas Cup
1967 JakartaTeam
1970 Kuala LumpurTeam
Commonwealth Games
1966 KingstonMen's singles
Southeast Asian Games
1965 Kuala LumpurMen's singles
1971 Kuala LumpurMen's singles

Tan Aik Huang AMN (Chinese: 陳奕芳; pinyin: Chén Yìfāng, born 14 February 1946)[1] is a retired Malaysian Chinese badminton player noted for his superb footwork and patience. He is the elder brother of Tan Aik Mong.

In 1966 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, defeating Japan's Masao Akiyama in the finals.[2] This came during a run of four straight appearances in the All England finals from 1965 through 1968. He lost hard-fought matches to Erland Kops in '65 and '67 and to Rudy Hartono in '68.[3] Tan was a member of four Malaysian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams including its world champion team of 1967.[4] He won numerous major international singles titles during the mid and late 1960s including the Danish Open, the US Open, the Canadian Open, and the Malaysian Open. He won both singles and doubles at the British Commonwealth Games of 1966.[5]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ Encik Tan Aik Huang. arkib.gov.my
  2. ↑ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton, (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 106.
  3. ↑ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Hand Book for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 164.
  4. ↑ Davis, 124.
  5. ↑ Davis, 113.
  6. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
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