Tan Kim Her 陈金和 | |
Birth Date: | 11 November 1971 |
Height: | 1.74m |
Weight: | 68kg |
Event: | Men's doubles |
Country: | Malaysia |
Handedness: | Right |
Bwf Id: | 3B3B551F-19DC-4A00-944B-1BF4AE81747B |
Medals-Expand: | yes |
Tan Kim Her (born November 11, 1971) is a former Malaysian badminton player and coach.[1] He is currently Japan's men's doubles coach.[2]
Kim Her competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Soo Beng Kiang. They defeated the no.3 seeds Rudy Gunawan and Bambang Suprianto of Indonesia in the last 16. In the semi-final, Kim Her and Beng Kiang lost to the eventual gold medallist, Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia.[3] In the bronze medal match, the duo lost hard fought match also to the Indonesian pair, Antonius Ariantho/Denny Kantono.
Men's doubles
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
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1991 | Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Tan Sui Hoon | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee | 3–15, 4–15 | Bronze | |
1992 | Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Tan Sui Hoon | Joko Mardianto Sri Untari | 6–15, 4–15 | Bronze |
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
Men's doubles
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
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1992 | Chinese Taipei Open | Jalani Sidek | Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang | 7–15, 4–15 | Runner-up | |
1992 | Dutch Open | Yap Kim Hock | Chris Bruil Ron Michels | 15–9, 15–10 | Winner | |
1994 | Yap Kim Hock | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Peter Axelsson | 7–15, 8–15 | Runner-up | ||
1994 | China Open | Yap Kim Hock | Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin | 10–15, 8–15 | Runner-up |
Men's doubles
Tan became a coach after his playing career, coaching the Malaysian junior squad for six years. Then, he became the first Malaysian to coach abroad when he joined the South Korean national team in 2005.[4] In 2007, he joined the England national team.[5] In 2010, he left and returned to coach in his homeland Malaysia. In 2015, he was appointed as an Indian men's doubles coach, before resigning in March 2019.[6] [7] He was credited for the rise of world No. 1 men's doubles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty. He then joined the Japanese national team as men's doubles coach, guiding world No. 4 Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi to the world title in 2021.