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Cheah Soon Kit

Cheah Soon Kit
Personal information
Country  Malaysia
Born (1968-01-09) 9 January 1968 (age 49)
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Handedness Right
Men's doubles
Career title(s) 14
Highest ranking 1
BWF profile
Updated on 09:43, 21 September 2013 (UTC).
Cheah Soon Kit
Traditional Chinese 謝順吉
Simplified Chinese 谢顺吉

Cheah Soon Kit (born 9 January 1968 in Ipoh, Perak) is a former Malaysian badminton player, specialised in men's doubles.

He has played for Malaysia national badminton team since 1986. He had played with different pairs such as Ong Beng Teong (1986–1989), Soo Beng Kiang (1990–1994), Yap Kim Hock (1995-1998) and Choong Tan Fook (1998).

Cheah competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Yap Kim Hock. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Ha Tae-kwon and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in quarterfinals. In the final, Cheah and Yap lost to Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia 15-5, 13-15, 12-15, the former eventually became the national coach for Malaysia's men's doubles.


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