Cheah Soon Kit
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| Cheah Soon Kit | |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | January 9, 1968 |
| Place of birth | Ipoh, Perak |
| Men's doubles | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| BWF Profile | |
Cheah Soon Kit (born 09 January 1968 in Ipoh, Perak) is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialized in men's doubles.
[edit] Career
He has played for Malaysian team since 1986 especially in doubles. He always plays with different pairs such as Ong Beng Teong (1986-1989), Soo Beng Kiang (1990-1994) and Choong Tan Fook (1998) during his carer in badminton arena. His regular doubles partner is Yap Kim Hock
Soon Kit competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Yap Kim Hock. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Ha Tae-kwon and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in quarterfinals. In the final, Soon Kit and Kim Hock lost to Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia 15-5, 13-15, 12-15.
[edit] Honours
| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Doubles | |
Honours (with Razif Sidek)
- 1989 Thailand Open Runner Up
Honours (with Rashid Sidek)
- 1990 Commonwealth Games (silver medal)
Honours (with Soo Beng Kiang)
- 1990, 1992 World Badminton Grand Prix Runner Up
- 1991 Swedish Open Champion
- 1991 Taipei Masters Runner Up
- 1991 Thailand Open Runner Up
- 1992 Malaysia Open Champion
- 1992, 1993 Chinese Taipei Open Champion
- 1992, 1994 World Cup Champion
- 1993 Dutch Open Champion
- 1993 BWF World Championships Runner Up
- 1993 Malaysia Open Runner Up
- 1994 Commonwealth Games (gold medal)
Honours (with Yap Kim Hock)
- 1995 World Badminton Grand Prix Champion
- 1995 Malaysia Open Champion
- 1995 Thailand Open Runner Up
- 1996 Olympic Games (Silver medal)
- 1996 All England Open Runner Up
- 1996 U.S. Open Badminton Championships Runner Up
- 1996, 1997 World Badminton Grand Prix Runner Up
- 1996, 1997 Korea Open Runner Up
- 1997 World Championships Runner Up
- 1998 Japan Open Champion
- 1998 Commonwealth Games (silver medal)
- 1999 Hong Kong Open Champion
- 2000 Chinese Taipei Open Runner Up
Honours (with Choong Tan Fook)
- 1998 Dutch Open Champion
- 1999 Chinese Taipei Open Runner Up
