Tan Kim Her (, born November 11, 1971) is a former

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

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 and coach. He is currently Japan's men's doubles coach.

Career

Kim Her competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with

Soo Beng Kiang Soo Beng Kiang (, born 19 March 1968) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. Career He had played with different pairs such as Cheah Soon Kit (1990–1994) and Tan Kim Her (1995-1996). Soo competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Ol ...

. They defeated the no.3 seeds

Rudy Gunawan Rudy Gunawan (; born 31 December 1966) is a former Indonesian badminton player who played between 1980s and 1990s. He is arguably one of the best doubles players ever to play for Indonesia. Rudy Gunawan won various international championships, b ...

and

Bambang Suprianto Bambang Suprianto (born 20 February 1969) is a retired badminton player from Indonesia. Career A durable all around player who won singles at the Singapore Open in 1991, Suprianto's greatest success came in doubles events. In the mid-1990s he ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

in the last 16. In the semi-final, Kim Her and Beng Kiang lost to the eventual gold medallist,

Rexy Mainaky Rexy Ronald Mainaky (born 9 March 1968) is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja. As of October 2021, he was appoin ...

and

Ricky Subagja Ricky Subagja (born 27 January 1971) is a former Indonesian badminton player. He was rated among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history. Career In 1993 the fast moving, faster hitting Subagja won men's doubles at the then bienni ...

of Indonesia. In the bronze medal match, the duo lost hard fought match also to the Indonesian pair,

Antonius Ariantho S. Antonius Budi Ariantho (born 3 October 1973) is a retired Indonesian badminton player who specialized in men's doubles. During the 1990s he shared numerous international titles with his regular partner Denny Kantono including the French (19 ...

Denny Kantono Denny Kantono (; born 12 January 1970) is a retired Chinese-Indonesian badminton player who specialized in men's doubles. He shared numerous international titles with his regular partner Antonius Ariantho including the French (1993), Hong Kong ...

Achievements

World Cup

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

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

Asian Cup

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

Southeast Asian Games

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

Commonwealth Games

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

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

IBF International

''Men's doubles''

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. In 2007, he joined the England national team. 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. He was credited for the rise of world No. 2 men's doubles

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He and his partner, Chirag Shetty, are the first men's doubles pair from India to be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ranking of 5 ...

Chirag Shetty Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player. He and his partner, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, are the first men's doubles pair from India to be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ...

. He then joined the Japanese national team as men's doubles coach, guiding world No. 4

Takuro Hoki is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami team. He was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships and the men's doubles gold medalist at the 2021 World Championships, being first ever Japanese men's doubles t ...

Yugo Kobayashi is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami team. He was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships and the men's doubles gold medalist at the 2021 World Championships, being first ever Japanese men's doubles ...

to the world title in 2021.

References

External links

Profile
at ''Olympic.org''

at ''sports-reference.com'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Kim Her 1971 births Living people Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Asian Games medalists in badminton Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Olympic badminton players for Malaysia Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in badminton Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Competitors at the 1993 SEA Games Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games