Tan Kim Her

Tan Kim Her
陈金和
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1971-11-11) November 11, 1971
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
HandednessRight
EventMen's doubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
World Cup
1994 Ho Chi Minh Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
1994 Jakarta Team
1998 Hong Kong Team
Commonwealth Games
1994 Victoria Mixed team
1994 Victoria Men's doubles
Asian Games
1994 Hiroshima Men's team
Asian Championships
1994 Beijing Men's doubles
1991 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
1992 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Asian Cup
1994 Beijing Mixed doubles
1994 Beijing Men's doubles
Asia Cup
1997 Jakarta Men's team
Southeast Asian Games
1993 Singapore Men's team
1995 Chiang Mai Men's team
1997 Jakarta Men's team
1993 Singapore Men's doubles
1993 Singapore Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Tan Kim Her (Chinese: 陳金和; Jyutping: Can4 Gam1 Wo4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kim-hô, born November 11, 1971) is a Malaysian coach and former badminton player.[1] In the past few years, he has coached Indian and Japanese doubles players.[2]

Career

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.

Achievements

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit
Soo Beng Kiang
15–6, 11–15, 8–15 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China Yap Kim Hock Chen Hongyong
Chen Kang
10–15, 11–15 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
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

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit
Soo Beng Kiang
18–17, 0–15, 10–15 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Tan Lee Wai Liu Jianjun
Ge Fei
2–15, 2–15 Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1993 Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore Yap Kim Hock Ricky Subagja
Rexy Mainaky
17–15, 7–15, 14–17 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1993 Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore Tan Lee Wai Denny Kantono
Minarti Timur
5–15, 2–15 Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Ong Ewe Hock Simon Archer
Chris Hunt
1–15, 7–15 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
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 Swiss Open 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

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1991 French Open Yap Kim Hock Yap Yee Hup
Yap Yee Guan
7–15, 11–15 Runner-up

Coaching

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.

References

  1. ^ "Badminton: Kim Her's coaching methods working well for India | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  2. ^ "Kim Her appointed as Badminton Association of India doubles coach". www.insidethegames.biz. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  3. ^ "Indonesia, Malaysia Meet in Singles Final". Los Angeles Times. 1996-07-30. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  4. ^ "Other Sports: Kim Her to coach South Koreans | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  5. ^ "Other Sports: England hire Kim Her to chart doubles players' fortunes | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  6. ^ "Badminton: Kim Her's coaching methods working well for India | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  7. ^ BadmintonPlanet.com (2019-03-02). "Tan Kim Her resigns as India's doubles coach, citing personal reasons". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.