Cheah Soon Kit

Datuk Cheah Soon Kit (Current name: / Birth name: ) (born 9 January 1968) is a former Malaysian badminton player and coach.

Career Soon Kit was won the Olympic silver with Yap Kim Hock in Atlanta 1996. Before combining with Kim Hock, Soon Kit’s partner was Soo Beng Kiang and they won numerous international titles, including the 1992 and 1994 World Cup. He was also a vital member of the Malaysian squad that won the Thomas Cup for the first time in 25 years, in a 3-2 victory over Indonesia at the Stadium Negara in 1992.

Coaching Soon Kit was the national women’s doubles coach from 2001 to 2007. He groomed Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui into the country’s top pair. Pei Tty-Eei Hui bagged the SEA Games gold in Manila in 2005 to end a 30-year title drought. They also won the gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. After becoming the head coach for several minor badminton clubs, Soon Kit rejoined the national set-up in 2016 before heading the men’s doubles department in 2017 and was instrumental in grooming the current Malaysia No.1 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik. He left the national setup at the end of 2018.

Achievements

Olympic Games Men's doubles

World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1993 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England Soo Beng Kiang Rudy Gunawan Ricky Subagja 11–15, 3–15 Silver Silver 1995 Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland Yap Kim Hock Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 8–15, 6–15 Bronze Bronze 1997 Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Yap Kim Hock Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya 15–8, 17–18, 7–15 Silver Silver

World Cup Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1990 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Soo Beng Kiang Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan 13–18, 13–18 Bronze Bronze 1992 Guangdong Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Soo Beng Kiang Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 15–10, 15–11 Gold Gold 1993 Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India Soo Beng Kiang Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 9–15, 11–15 Bronze Bronze 1994 Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Soo Beng Kiang Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto 18–13, 2–15, 17–16 Gold Gold 1995 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Yap Kim Hock Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 13–18, 9–15 Bronze Bronze 1996 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Yap Kim Hock Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho 11–15, 15–3, 13–15 Bronze Bronze

Commonwealth Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1990 Auckland Badminton Hall, Auckland, New Zealand Rashid Sidek Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek 8–15, 8–15 Silver Silver 1994 McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada Soo Beng Kiang Simon Archer Chris Hunt 15–10, 15–9 Gold Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yap Kim Hock Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah 7–15, 4–15 Silver Silver

Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium, Hiroshima, Japan Soo Beng Kiang Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 10–15, 2–15 Silver Silver

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1991 Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Soo Beng Kiang Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo 7–15, 7–15 Bronze Bronze 1995 Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China Yap Kim Hock Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin 7–15, 15–8, 15–7 Gold Gold 1999 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yap Kim Hock Zhang Jun Zhang Wei 16–17, 8–15 Bronze Bronze

Asian Cup Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1991 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Soo Beng Kiang Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 17–16, 15–5 Gold Gold 1994 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Soo Beng Kiang Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 8–15, 7–15 Silver Silver 1995 Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China Yap Kim Hock Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin 10–15, 11–15 Silver Silver

Southeast Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1991 Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines Soo Beng Kiang Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan 7–15, 3–15 Bronze Bronze 1993 Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore Soo Beng Kiang Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 15–7, 11–15, 15–7 Gold Gold 1995 Gymnasium 3, 700th Anniversary Sport Complex,Chiang Mai, Thailand Yap Kim Hock Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 15–13, 15–9 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1989 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tan Sui Hoon Aryono Miranat Minarti Timur 14–18, 1–15 Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1988 Swiss Open Ong Beng Teong Ong Ewe Chye Rahman Sidek 15–9, 15–6 Winner 1988 Poona Open Ong Beng Teong Michael Kjeldsen Jens Peter Nierhoff 10–15, 15–10, 6–15 Runner-up 1989 Swiss Open Ong Beng Teong Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan 15–9, 5–15, 15–7 Winner 1989 Thailand Open Razif Sidek Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong 11–15, 3–15 Runner-up 1990 World Grand Prix Finals Soo Beng Kiang Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono 6–15, 8–15 Runner-up 1991 Chinese Taipei Open Soo Beng Kiang Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek 7–15, 5–15 Runner-up 1991 Swedish Open Soo Beng Kiang Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund 18–14, 15–7 Winner 1991 Thailand Open Soo Beng Kiang Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono 3–15, 11–15 Runner-up 1992 Chinese Taipei Open Soo Beng Kiang Jalani Sidek Tan Kim Her 15–7, 15–4 Winner 1992 Malaysia Open Soo Beng Kiang Chen Hongyong Chen Kang 15–12, 15–7 Winner 1992 Canada Open Soo Beng Kiang Ahn Jae-chang Choi Ji-tae 15–4, 15–4 Winner 1992 US Open Soo Beng Kiang Thomas Lund Jens Olsson 15–9, 15–11 Winner1992 World Grand Prix Finals Soo Beng Kiang Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 11–15, 6–15 Runner-up 1993 Chinese Taipei Open Soo Beng Kiang Imay Hendra Bagus Setiadi 15–3, 15–12 Winner 1993 Malaysia Open Soo Beng Kiang Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 7–15, 5–15 Runner-up 1993 Dutch Open Soo Beng Kiang Jiang Xin Yu Qi 15–4, 17–14 Winner 1995 Malaysia Open Yap Kim Hock Pramote Teerawiwatana Sakrapee Thongsari 15–5, 12–15, 5–15 Runner-up 1995 Thailand Open Yap Kim Hock Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin 9–15, 11–15 Runner-up 1995 World Grand Prix Finals Yap Kim Hock Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto 13–18, 15–2, 15–12 Winner 1996 Korea Open Yap Kim Hock Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 5–15, 14–15 Runner-up 1996 All England Open Yap Kim Hock Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 6–15, 5–15 Runner-up 1996 Malaysia Open Yap Kim Hock Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah 15–5, 15–3 Winner 1996 US Open Yap Kim Hock Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya 16–18, 10–15 Runner-up 1996 Hong Kong Open Yap Kim Hock Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono 6–15, 3–15 Runner-up 1996 World Grand Prix Finals Yap Kim Hock Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 4–15, 9–15 Runner-up 1997 Korea Open Yap Kim Hock Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin 15–4, 13–15, 5–15 Runner-up 1997 World Grand Prix Finals Yap Kim Hock Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya 15–17, 15–11, 5–15 Runner-up 1998 Japan Open Yap Kim Hock Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono 15–9, 15–7 Winner 1998 Dutch Open Choong Tan Fook Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 15–11, 15–9 Winner 1999 Chinese Taipei Open Choong Tan Fook Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono 4–15, 17–14, 8–15 Runner-up 1999 Hong Kong Open Yap Kim Hock Sigit Budiarto Halim Haryanto 15–12, 15–12 Winner 2000 Chinese Taipei Open Yap Kim Hock Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya 7–15, 7–15 Runner-up

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