Yu Peng Kean (born 8 May 1991 in Malacca,

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) is a retired Malaysian fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's sabre, but was defeated in the last 32 by

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who went on to win gold medal in the event. Yu suffered a knee injury at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Jakarta, with which he struggled for the remainder of his career. Following the 2012 Summer Olympics, he underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on both legs. He took bronze at the 2015 SEA Games after being defeated by

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of Vietnam, but re-injured his knee. He underwent surgery again, and planned to compete at the 2017 SEA Games with hopes of winning a silver or gold medal, but the condition of his knee continued to worsen, and he announced his retirement from fencing in February 2017. In December 2018, he married fellow Malaysian Olympian

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. The couple's first child, a daughter, was born in September 2020.

Personal life

Yu graduated from

Universiti Putra Malaysia University of Putra Malaysia ( Malay: ''Universiti Putra Malaysia''), abbreviated as UPM, is a Malaysian public research university located in Serdang, Selangor. Formerly it was named Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (Agricultural University o ...

with a Bachelor of Science Human Resource Development in 2016.

References

Malaysian male sabre fencers Living people Malaysian people of Chinese descent Sportspeople from Malacca Olympic fencers for Malaysia Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games 1991 births SEA Games medalists in fencing SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia University of Putra Malaysia alumni {{Malaysia-fencing-bio-stub