Cheah Soon Kit

Datuk Cheah Soon Kit (Current name: / Birth name: ) (born 9 January 1968) is a former Malaysian badminton player and coach.

Career

Soon Kit was won the Olympic silver with Yap Kim Hock in Atlanta 1996. Before combining with Kim Hock, Soon Kit’s partner was Soo Beng Kiang and they won numerous international titles, including the 1992 and 1994 World Cup. He was also a vital member of the Malaysian squad that won the Thomas Cup for the first time in 25 years, in a 3-2 victory over Indonesia at the Stadium Negara in 1992.

Coaching

Soon Kit was the national women’s doubles coach from 2001 to 2007. He groomed Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui into the country’s top pair. Pei Tty-Eei Hui bagged the SEA Games gold in Manila in 2005 to end a 30-year title drought. They also won the gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. After becoming the head coach for several minor badminton clubs, Soon Kit rejoined the national set-up in 2016 before heading the men’s doubles department in 2017 and was instrumental in grooming the current Malaysia No.1 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik. He left the national setup at the end of 2018.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

World Championships

Men's doubles

World Cup

Men's doubles

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Men's doubles

Honours

• Malaysia
• Herald of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia (BSD) (1988)
• Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1992)
• Federal Territory
• Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2021)

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