Eddie Lim Yit Min

Eddie Lim Yit Min (; born 7 February 1985) is a Malaysian national Taekwondo athlete and entrepreneur.

Lim began training in Taekwondo from the age of eight and became the national champion at 11 years old. Lim was the only Malaysian in the men’s category to win a gold medal in the 22nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam in 2003 and became the youngest Malaysian male to win a gold medal in the SEA Games for Malaysia at that time, at 18 years of age.

He graduated from his secondary School SMK Kepong Baru in 2002 and turned down two full scholarships to further his study immediately. After retiring from the national Taekwondo team in 2004, he resumed his tertiary education pursuits and subsequently completed his degree in finance at HELP University under a full scholarship.

Early years Lim was born on 7 February 1985, to Lim Yiew Tan and Yap Hoing Wah and is the elder child of two. His mother worked in the insurance industry for 35 years until she retires in April 2020 as an Assistant Manager in Marketing for an insurance company.

Lim’s father worked in the banking industry until he retired as a Bank Officer in 2000.

Eddie was an active child, playing many sports during his schooling years, including football, badminton, and hockey. He took up Taekwondo at the age of eight and became the national junior champion in a Poomsae (demonstration) event at the age of 11 before moving on to the more competitive Kyorugi（sparring）events at the age of 13.

The following year, at 17 years old, he won the only gold medal for Malaysia in the 5th International Taekwondo Korean Open Championships. He also became the first and only Malaysian to win the coveted Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in the same tournament, selected from a field of over 1,500 athletes worldwide. Despite being the youngest participant in his weight class, he defeated two Olympians – Ussadate Sutthikunkarn of Thailand and Nguyen Quoc Huan of Vietnam. In just 8 months, the company received a nomination for the 2010 Asian Youth Ambassadors Awards under the Youth Friendly Company of the Year Category and eventually making it to the top three companies shortlisted for the award. Lim received the award from the then Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing, and Local Government, Yang Berhormat Tan Sri Noh bin Haji Omar. The awards ceremony was organized by the ASEAN Retail Chains and Franchise Federatio n (ARFF).