Goh Wei Shem
| Goh V Shem | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Traditional Chinese | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 吴蔚升 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Wèishēng |
| Hokkien POJ | Gô͘ Ùiseng |
| Birth name | |
| Traditional Chinese | |
| Simplified Chinese | 吴伟申 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Wĕishēn |
| Hokkien POJ | Gô͘ Úisin |
Goh V Shem (吴蔚升; born Goh Wei Shem, 20 May 1989) 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 was born in Kuala Lumpur. Later on for good luck he changed his Chinese birth name (吴伟申) to one with a different pronunciation (吴蔚升), while also changing the spelling of his name in English from Wei Shem to V Shem. 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.
In 2013, Goh resumed his partnership with Lim. They became bronze medalists at the Asian Championships and won their first tournament together at the 2013 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold after defeating teammates and top seeds, Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong in the finals. They qualified for the 2013 BWF World Championships but were defeated in the second round by compatriots, Tan Wee Kiong and Hoon Thien How. In mid 2013, Goh briefly partnered Teo Kok Siang. They won the bronze medal at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games but their partnership was cut short when Teo suffered an injury from a car accident.
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