Hoon Thien How

Hoon Thien How
云天豪
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1986-12-24) 24 December 1986 (age 37)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active2004-2017
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking7 (14 March 2013)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 New Delhi Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Men's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Johor Bahru Men's doubles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Richmond Boys' doubles
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Bendigo Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Hwacheon Boys' team
BWF profile
Hoon Thien How
Chinese雲天豪
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
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Southern Min
Hokkien POJHûn Thian-hô

Hoon Thien How (born 24 December 1986) is a former badminton player from Malaysia who plays in the men's doubles category. Currently, he is one of the assistant coach for Malaysia men's doubles national team.[1]

Hoon with his partner Tan Wee Kiong

Career

Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong were the World Junior Champions in 2004. Their partnership continued until early 2006 when they won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Badminton Championships. Shortly after, Tan was partnered with Koo Kien Keat and Hoon was briefly partnered with Chan Chong Ming and then, Ong Soon Hock.

Hoon and Ong participated in the 2008 Indonesia Open and reached the semi-finals before being beaten by Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan, 25–23, 15–21, 15–21. This was followed by a defeat to second-seeded Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng in the 2008 China Masters 15–21, 21–17, and 20–22.

In 2010, Hoon and Ong were chosen to play for Malaysia Thomas Cup squad. From 2010 onward, he was paired with Tan Wee Kiong. Hoon and Tan broke into the top 10 in the world rankings on 20 December 2012. Together, their highest ranking was at No. 7. Hoon and Tan did not win any Super Series tournaments during their partnership. However, they often made it to the quarterfinals, semifinals or finals of the tournaments which contributed to their world ranking.

In May 2014, Hoon represented Malaysia at 2014 Thomas Cup with former partner, Tan Boon Heong as a scratch pair. They played first doubles and defeated World No. 1 pair, Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia in the semi-finals but failed to defeat world No. 3 pair, Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in the finals. Malaysia lost narrowly 2–3 to Japan.

After 8 years since they last played together as official partners, Hoon's partnership with Tan Boon Heong was permanently resumed in September 2014. This was due to the resignation of Boon Heong's partner, Koo Kien Keat earlier that year along with Tan Wee Kiong's new partnership with Goh V Shem.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Malaysia Tan Boon Heong Malaysia Choong Tan Fook
Malaysia Lee Wan Wah
21–17, 11–21, 12–21 Silver Silver

World Junior Championships

Boys' Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Minoru Arena, Richmond, Canada Malaysia Tan Boon Heong South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Jung Jung-young
15–6, 3–15, 15–12 Gold Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 China Open Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
13–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  Superseries Finals Tournament
  Superseries Premier Tournament
  Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Chinese Taipei Masters Malaysia Lim Khim Wah Indonesia Markus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
12–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Macau Open Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu
Chinese Taipei Tsai Chia-hsin
21–16, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Vietnam Open Malaysia Ong Soon Hock Indonesia Luluk Hadiyanto
Indonesia Joko Riyadi
19–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 New Zealand Open Malaysia Chan Chong Ming Hong Kong Albert Susanto Njoto
Hong Kong Yohan Hadikusuma Wiratama
21–14, 20–22, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

  1. ^ "Badminton: BAM place faith on Indonesian coaches in revamp | The Star". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 3 June 2020.