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While playing competitive badminton, he was also a lecturer and eventually the chief of physical education at Institute of Education, until 1975. He was also Singapore's chief badminton coach from 1963 to 1965, [ 1 ] after which he served as honorary visiting coach of the New Zealand national badminton team.
He had badminton training twice a day at the Singapore Sports School. [19] From late 2011 onwards, Loh was coached by Kelvin Ho, a former Singapore national badminton player. [3] After graduating from the Singapore Sports School, Loh continued his education at Republic Polytechnic (RP), studying Sports and Leisure Management.
Badminton would experience a revival in Singapore after the 1983 Southeast Asian Games, when Wong Shoon Keat won the gold medal at the men's singles. [7]In 2021, Loh Kean Yew made history by becoming the men's singles world champion, winning the title at the 2021 BWF World Championships, becoming the first Singaporean to achieve this feat.
Shi was born on 28 February 1996, in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, to parents Shi Lei and Fang Fang. He started playing badminton at age six when he entered a junior sports school in the city to practice badminton. [7] In 2007, Shi went to Singapore to study as well as play badminton. He enrolled in Yu Neng Primary School and trained at the ...
Sport Singapore was founded on 1 October 1973 as the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), through the merger of the National Sports Promotion Board (NSPB) and the National Stadium Corporation (NSC). [1] On 1 April 2014, the SSC was renamed Sport Singapore in a rebranding exercise.
Career. Ong won the gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the men's doubles together with Razif Sidek. In the 1988 Thomas Cup he represented Malaysia and reached with the team the final of the cup. In the final he played the men's doubles with Cheah Soon Kit and lost with him to the Chinese pair Chen Kang and Chen Hongyong 12-15 and 12–15.
Singaporean National Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament held in Singapore since 1961. [1] ... In 1961, Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) ...
Wong Peng Soon黄秉璇MBE SK. Wong Peng Soon, MBE SK (simplified Chinese: 黄秉璇; traditional Chinese: 黃秉璇; pinyin: Huáng Bǐng Xuán; 17 February 1917 – 22 May 1996) was a Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who reigned as a top player in Malaya from the 1930s to the 1950s when it was a single nation. Noted for his smooth but ...