| Yap Kim Hock 叶锦福 |
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| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Yap Kim Hock 叶锦福 |
| Born | July 2, 1970 Muar, Johor |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (140 lb) |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Handedness | Left |
| Men's doubles | |
| Highest Ranking | 1 |
| Current Ranking | Retired |
| BWF Profile | |
Yap Kim Hock (simplified Chinese: 叶锦福; traditional Chinese: 葉錦福; pinyin: Yé Jǐnfú) born on 2 July 1972 at Muar, Johor, is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialized in men's doubles.
Kim Hock represented Malaysia and competed at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in the badminton men's doubles event with Cheah Soon Kit. At the Atlanta 1996 Summer 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, Soon Kit and Kim Hock lost to Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia 15-5, 13-15, 12-15. At the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, they could only reached the second round before losing to the South Korean doubles.
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Badminton | ||
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Men's Doubles |