Goh V Shem
| Goh V Shem | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Goh Wei Shem |
| Country |
 Malaysia |
| Born |
20 May 1989 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Jeremy Gan |
| Men's doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 11 (30 May 2013) |
| Current ranking | 19 (21 May 2015[1]) |
Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
| Updated on 23:21, 27 May 2014 (UTC). | |
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Goh V Shem (born Goh Wei Shem; 20 May 1989 in Kuala Lumpur) is a Malaysian male badminton player in the doubles event. His former partner was Lim Khim Wah and together, they won their first Super Series title at the 2014 Malaysia Open. The two were also bronze medalists at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games and 2013 Asian Championships. Goh and Lim reached a career high world ranking of No.11. Goh briefly partnered Teo Kok Siang in 2013 before resuming his partnership with Lim. The two were bronze medalists at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.
As of September 2014, Goh has been officially partnered with Tan Wee Kiong. As a scratch pair, the two won all the matches they contested in their first international tournament together which was the 2014 Thomas Cup in May as well as the gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in August. In October that year, they were bronze medalists at the Asian Games. They currently rank at No. 19 worldwide.
Background
Goh changed his name from Wei Shem to V Shem for good luck. The V stands for 'Victory'.[2]
Career
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 and in 2012, they were quarterfinalists at the Asian Championships and then semifinalists at the India Open. They also made it to the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open. 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 made it to the quarterfinals of the Korea Open and then, the semifinals of the Malaysia Open but lost to Ko/Lee on both occasions. They were quarterfinalists at the Swiss Open and bronze medalists at the Asian Championships after once again losing to South Korea's Ko/Lee. They 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. At the 2013 Malaysia International, they reached the quarterfinals before being beaten by former partner, Teo Ee Yi and Chooi Kah Ming. V shem and Kok Siang's partnership was cut short when Teo suffered an injury from a car accident.
Goh and Lim's partnership was once again resumed in 2014. They won their first superseries tournament at the 2014 Malaysia Open after defeating China's Chai Biao/Hong Wei in the final. They were then beaten in the quarterfinals of the 2014 German Open by Japan's Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa. At the 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold, they were runners-up after being defeated by Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Chayut Triyachart of Singapore in the final. Goh played his last tournament with Lim at the 2014 BWF World Championships in September. During the second round match against Lee Sheng-mu/Tsai Chia-hsin of Chinese Taipei, Goh and Lim retired injured after Goh started suffering from backpains mid game.
2014–Present
Partnership with Tan Wee Kiong
In May 2014, Goh was scratch partnered with Tan Wee Kiong to play second doubles at the 2014 Thomas Cup. They won all four matches that they contested and defeated several highly ranked shuttlers along the way despite this being the first time that the two has played together internationally. Their debut partnership at the Thomas Cup was widely praised. Malaysia made it to the finals for the first time in 12 years but was narrowly defeated by Japan with a score of 2-3.
In July, they were scratch partnered to play their first Superseries tournament together at the 2014 Australian Open. They defeated seeded pair, Gideon Markus Fernaldi/Markis Kido of Indonesia in the round of 16 but lost to eventual winners Lee Yong-dae/Yoo Yeon-seong in the quarterfinals.
In August, they represented Malaysia at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. They went on to take the gold medal and were the only medalists in the tournament who were not seeded. En route to the gold medal, they defeated top seeds, Chris Adcock/Andrew Ellis of England in the semifinals as well as 3rd seeds, Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Chayut Triyachart of Singapore in the finals. They also won all five matches they contested in the mixed team event, helping Malaysia secure her third consecutive mixed team gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Following the World Championships in September, Goh and Tan have been permanently partnered. They represented Malaysia at the 2014 Asian Games where they made it to semifinals but were once again defeated by top seeds, Lee/Yoo of South Korea. The defeat automatically earned them the bronze medal as there is no bronze medal playoffs in badminton at the Asian Games. En route to the semifinals, they defeated 5th seeds, Lee Sheng-mu/Tsai Chia-hsin of Chinese Taipei in the first round and 3rd seeds, Kenichi Hayakawa/Hiroyuki Endo of Japan in the quarterfinals with a score of 21-16, 21-16.
In October, they participated in the 2014 French Open Superseries. They made it through the qualifying stage to set up a first round clash with reigning Denmark Open champions and 7th seeds, Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan of China. Goh and Tan prevailed with a score of 21-19, 9-21, 21-19 but were eventually beaten in the quarterfinals by Chinese Taipei's Lee/Tsai with a score of 21-19, 18-21, 14-21.
They were semifinalists at the 2015 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold in January that year. In March, they became runners-up to Cai Yun/Lu Kai of China at the 2015 Swiss Open with a score of 19-21,21-14,17-21. They were quarterfinalists at the 2015 New Zealand Grand Prix Gold in April. At the 2015 Sudirman Cup in May, Goh and Tan managed to upset the World No.1 pairing of Lee/Yoo in the first group tie against South Korea. They also defeated the pairing of Manu Attri/Summeeth Reddy in the second group tie against India. Malaysia topped Group D and were drawn against South Korea once again in the quarterfinals but failed to advance. Goh and Tan lost their second encounter with the formidable South Korean pair in the tournament.
At the 2015 BWF World Championships in August, Tan and Goh defeated defending champions Shin Baek-cheol and Ko Sung-Hyun of South Korea in the second round but were defeated in the third round.