Pearly Tan Koong Le (; born 14 March 2000) is a Malaysian

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 pe ...

player who entered the national team in 2013. She was the gold medalists in the women's doubles and mixed team event at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

. In the junior event, she won the girls' doubles silver at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships.

Career

In 2021, Tan with her partner Thinaah Muralitharan, clinched their first BWF World Tour title in the

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. In 2022, Tan and Muralitharan claimed the

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title, becomes the first ever Malaysian women's doubles to achieve this feat.

Personal life

Tan was born in

Alor Setar Alor Setar ( Jawi: الور ستار, Kedahan: ''Loqstaq'') is the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia. It is the second-largest city in the state after Sungai Petani and one of the most-important cities on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia ...

, Kedah to Tan Chai Ling and badminton coach Tan Seng Hoe. Her father runs the Alor Setar Racquet Club (ASRC), which was the club of national shuttlers Lee Zii Jia and Jacky Kok.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Women's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

Awards and recognition

Order

* : ** Companion of the Ahli Cemerlang Semangat Jerai Kedah (ASK) (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Pearly Living people 2000 births People from Kedah Malaysian female badminton players Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton 21st-century Malaysian women Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games