Chin Eei Hui | |
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Personal information | |
Country | Malaysia |
Born |
George Town, Penang, Malaysia |
18 June 1982
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
Handedness | Left |
Women's & Mixed doubles | |
Career title(s) | 4 |
Highest ranking | 1 (WD), 95 (XD) |
Current ranking | 290 (WD) (19 September 2013) |
Medal record
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BWF profile | |
Updated on 10:37, 21 September 2013 (UTC). |
Chin Eei Hui | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 陳儀慧 | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 陈仪慧 | ||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Chén Yíhuì |
Chin Eei Hui (born 18 June 1982 in George Town, Penang) is a former elite badminton player from Malaysia who plays in both women's and mixed doubles. She and her former women's doubles partner, Wong Pei Tty have ranked as high as No. 1 worldwide. Together, Chin and Wong achieved much success by winning super series and super series finals titles. They also clinched gold and bronze medals in 2010 and 2002 Commonwealth Games. Although not a regular mixed doubles player, Chin won a gold and a silver medal with different partners in 2002 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. Currently, she works as a coach for Malaysia's national doubles players.
Chin competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Wong Pei Tty. They defeated Shizuka Yamamoto and Seiko Yamada of Japan in the first round but subsequently lost to Huang Sui and Gao Ling of China in the round of 16.
Although not well-known as a mixed doubles player, Chin created a first for Malaysia when she won the 2010 Commonwealth Games mixed doubles title, playing with Koo Kien Keat. She had also won a silver in the same event 8 years previously.