Heah Hock Aun
Heah Hock Aun | |
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Personal information | |
Country | ![]() |
Born | Penang, British Malaya (now Malaysia) | 15 January 1932
Died | May 7th 2014 |
Event | Men's singles & Men's doubles |
Heah Hock Aun, (Chinese: 連福安; born 15 January 1932 in Penang) is a former Malayan (Malaysian) badminton player, known for his accuracy and touch, who excelled internationally during the 1950s.
Career[]
Known as Johnny Heah while playing in Europe, he won men's singles at the Scottish Open in 1952, and was runner-up in men's singles to the celebrated Eddy Choong at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1953.[1] His most notable badminton achievement was winning men's doubles at the 1957 All-England's with American Joe Alston, beating Eddy Choong and his brother David.[2] Heah represented Malaya in the 1958 Thomas Cup (world team championship) Challenge Round, splitting his two doubles matches in Malaya's loss of the cup to Indonesia.[3]
References[]
Categories:
- 1932 births
- Living people
- People from Penang
- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- Malaysian male badminton players
- Malaysian badminton biography stubs