Teoh Seng Khoon (; 8 November 1918 – 31 July 2018) was a Malaysian
badminton
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player who represented his country in team and individual competition between 1940s to 1950s.
Career
Teoh played on the 1949 Malayan
Thomas Cup
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(men's international) team and won the world title. Paired with
Ooi Teik Hock, he was undefeated in the
Thomas Cup
The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...
doubles matches. He also shared the men's doubles title at the
All-England Championships in 1949 with Ooi.
Death
Teoh, the last surviving member of the first-ever Malaya Thomas Cup team, died peacefully in Ipoh on 31 July 2018, aged 99.
Achievements
International tournaments
''Men's doubles''
References
External links
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1918 births
2018 deaths
Malaysian male badminton players
People from Ipoh
Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
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