Yap Kim Hock
| Yap Kim Hock | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| Born | 2 July 1970 Muar, Johor |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Handedness | Left |
| Event | Men's & Mixed doubles |
Medal record | |
| BWF profile | |
Template:Chinese name Yap Kim Hock (simplified Chinese: 叶锦福; traditional Chinese: 葉錦福; pinyin: Yé Jǐnfú; born on 2 July 1970 in Muar, Johor) is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialised in men's doubles.
Career
Yap represented Malaysia and competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the badminton men's doubles event with Cheah Soon Kit. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, 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. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, they could only reached the second round before losing to the Korean doubles.
Honour
Honour of Malaysia
Malaysia : Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (A.M.N.) (1995)[1]
References
External links
- Profile at sports-reference.com
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- Living people
- 1970 births
- People from Johor
- People from Muar
- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- Malaysian male badminton players
- World No. 1 badminton players
- Olympic badminton players of Malaysia
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- Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia
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- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Badminton coaches
- Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia
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