Lim Say Hup (1935-2005), was a male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player from

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Career

Say Hup won the

All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ...

, considered as the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's doubles with

Teh Kew San Teh Kew San (郑求山) (born 26 January 1935) is a former Malaysian badminton player who won national and international titles from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Career An "all-rounder" (player competitive in all three events: singles, ...

in 1959. He featured in the final of the

1958 Thomas Cup The 1958 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton (its female counterpart is the Uber Cup). Beginning in 1948–49 it was held every three years until 1982 and has been held every two years ther ...

in addition to representing Malaysia in the Thomas Cup during 1961 and 1964. Say Hup also won the Glasgow World Invitational, All-Canadian Championships, All-American Championships and Malaysian Open before retiring in 1964.

Personal life

The same year that he won the All England Championships (1959) he received a BA with honours in history from

University of Malaya The University of Malaya ( ms, Universiti Malaya, UM; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of highe ...

in 1959. He worked for the Commerce and Industry Ministry, Esso and the Asian Development Bank in Manila.

Death

Say Hup died in 2005 at his residence in Manila, Philippines. He was 70 years old.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

International tournaments

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Invitational Tournaments

''Men's doubles''

References

Malaysian male badminton players 1935 births 2005 deaths Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Sportspeople from Penang {{Malaysia-badminton-bio-stub