Yew Hong Kheng (born 1 February 1992) is a

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 ...

n 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. He started playing badminton at the primary school when he was 10. In 2008, he won the gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India. He won the boys' doubles title at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships partnered with Ow Yao Han, and in 2011, he joined the

Malaysia national badminton team The Malaysia national badminton team is a badminton team that plays for Malaysia in international competitions. The men's team has enjoyed immense success, having won the Thomas Cup five times, most recently in 1992 and became runner-up nine times ...

. In 2015, he won the

Iran Fajr International The Iran Fajr International in badminton is an international open held in Tehran, Iran and a part of the Fajr decade festival. This tournament is one of the eldest tournament in the Western Asia which was formerly known as Ten Days of Dawn in comme ...

tournament in the men's doubles event with Tai An Khang. In December 2015, he quit from the

Badminton Association of Malaysia The Badminton Association of Malaysia or BAM ( Malay: ''Persatuan Badminton Malaysia'') is the governing body of badminton in Malaysia. The association was founded in 1964. Nevertheless, the history of Malaysian badminton starts much earlier. Alre ...

(BAM).

Achievements

World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

Commonwealth Youth Games

''Boys' doubles''

Asia Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

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* Living people 1992 births Sportspeople from Penang Malaysian male badminton players Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent 21st-century Malaysian people {{Malaysia-badminton-bio-stub