Tan Kim Her

Tan Kim Her (, born November 11, 1971) is a Malaysian coach and former badminton player. In the past few years, he has coached Indian and Japanese doubles players.

Career Kim Her competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Soo Beng Kiang. They defeated the no.3 seeds Rudy Gunawan and Bambang Suprianto of Indonesia in the last 16. In the semi-final, Kim Her and Beng Kiang lost to the eventual gold medallist, Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia. In the bronze medal match, the duo lost hard fought match also to the Indonesian pair, Antonius Ariantho/Denny Kantono.

Achievements World Cup Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang 15–6, 11–15, 8–15 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China Yap Kim Hock Chen Hongyong Chen Kang 10–15, 11–15 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent ScoreResult 1991 Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tan Sui Hoon Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee 3–15, 4–15 Bronze Bronze 1992 Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tan Sui Hoon Joko Mardianto Sri Untari 6–15, 4–15 Bronze Bronze

Asian Cup Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang 18–17, 0–15, 10–15 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Tan Lee Wai Liu Jianjun Ge Fei 2–15, 2–15 Bronze Bronze

Southeast Asian Games Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

Commonwealth Games Men's doubles

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

Men's doubles

IBF International Men's doubles

Coaching Tan became a coach after his playing career, coaching the Malaysian junior squad for six years. Then, he became the first Malaysian to coach abroad when he joined the South Korean national team in 2005. In 2007, he joined the England national team. In 2010, he left and returned to coach in his homeland Malaysia. In 2015, he was appointed as an Indian men's doubles coach, before resigning in March 2019. He was credited for the rise of world No. 1 men's doubles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty. He then joined the Japanese national team as men's doubles coach, guiding world No. 4 Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi to the world title in 2021.