Yap Kim Hock

Yap Kim Hock
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	2 July 1970 Muar, Johor
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Left
Event	Men's & Mixed doubles
Medal record Representing  Malaysia Men's badminton Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Men's doubles World Championships 1997 Glasgow Men's doubles 1995 Lausanne Men's doubles World Grand Prix 1995 Singapore Men's doubles All England Championships 1996 Birmingham Men's doubles Thomas Cup 1998 Hong Kong Team Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Mixed doubles 1994 Hiroshima Men's team Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1995 Chiang Mai Men's doubles 1995 Chiang Mai Men's team Asian Championships 1995 Beijing Men's doubles
BWF profile

Yap Kim Hock (simplified Chinese: 叶锦福; traditional Chinese: 葉錦福; pinyin: Yé Jǐnfú; born on 2 July 1970 in Muar, Johor) is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialised in men's doubles.

Career

Yap represented Malaysia and competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the badminton men's doubles event with Cheah Soon Kit. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, they had a bye in the first round and defeated Ha Tae-kwon and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in quarterfinals. In the final, Cheah and Yap lost to Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia 15-5, 13-15, 12-15. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, they could only reached the second round before losing to the Korean doubles.

External links

• Profile at sports-reference.com