Goh V Shem
| Goh V Shem | |
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| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Goh Wei Shem |
| Country |
 Malaysia
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| Born |
20 May 1989 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Jeremy Gan |
| Men's doubles | |
| Tournaments played | 361 |
| Highest ranking | 1 (7 November 2016) |
| Current ranking | 4 (13 April 2017) |
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Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
| Updated on 08:23, 13 April 2017 (UTC). | |
Goh V Shem (born Goh Wei Shem, simplified Chinese: 吴伟申; traditional Chinese: 吳偉申; pinyin: wú wĕi shēn, later changed to simplified Chinese: 吴蔚升; traditional Chinese: 吳蔚昇; pinyin: wú wèi shēng; 20 May 1989 in Kuala Lumpur) is a Malaysian professional badminton player in the doubles event. He is partnered with Tan Wee Kiong, a good front court and net player after their outstanding performance in the 2014 Thomas Cup champaign. Together, Goh and Tan won the gold medal for men's doubles and all their matches in the mixed team competition, helping Malaysian team to retain gold medal for the third consecutive time in the mixed team event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. They also won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games and the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, thus making them the second Malaysian men's doubles pair to win the silver medal at the Olympics Games 20 years after the achievement by Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock in Atlanta in 1996.
Goh changed his name from Wei Shem to V Shem for good luck. The V stands for 'Victory'.
Goh represented Malaysia at the 2007 BWF World Junior Championships with Ong Jian Guo where they took the bronze medal.
In 2011, Goh took the men's doubles bronze medal with Lim Khim Wah at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. In late 2012, Goh was scratch partnered with Teo Ee Yi. They won the 2012 Malaysia International. Then for a brief period of time, Goh was once again partnered with Ong Jian Guo. They were semifinalists at the 2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold after being defeated by Ko Sung Hyun and Lee Yong Dae.
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