Loh Kean Hean

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Chinese name, the family name is Loh.
Loh Kean Hean
Personal information
CountrySingapore
Born (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 26)
Penang, Malaysia
ResidenceSingapore
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking33 (MD 13 April 2017)
133 (XD 5 March 2015)
Current ranking83 (18 January 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines Men's team
BWF profile

Loh Kean Hean (Chinese: 骆建贤; pinyin: Luò Jiànxián; born 12 March 1995) is a Singaporean badminton player.[1][2]

Career[]

Born in Penang, Loh permanently moved to Singapore in 2009 after receiving a scholarship from the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA).[3][4][5] His younger brother followed him soon after.

Loh studied at Montfort Secondary School in Hougang while training with the Singapore national badminton team.[3]

In 2014, he was the mixed doubles runner-up at the Singapore International Series tournament partnered with Dellis Yuliana, and in 2015, he won the men's doubles title with Terry Hee.[6]

Personal life[]

Loh has 2 elder brothers and a younger brother, Loh Kean Yew, who is also a member of the Singapore national badminton team and is the 2021 BWF World Champion.[3][7][8]

Achievements[]

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)[]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Singapore International Singapore Terry Hee Indonesia Hardianto
Indonesia Kenas Adi Haryanto 		13–21, 21–16, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Estonian International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta England Peter Briggs
England Gregory Mairs 		20–22, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Dutch Open Singapore Terry Hee Malaysia Tan Kian Meng
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong 		21–14, 18–21, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Czech Open Singapore Terry Hee Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun 		13–21, 21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Singapore International Singapore Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Tan Wei Han 		19–21, 21–19, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Players: Kean Hean Loh". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ "National Athletes: Loh Kean Hean". Singapore Badminton Association. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "直击家人教练母亲校长老师"铁门羽球"外的骆建佑". Lianhe Wanbao. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019 – via China Press.
  4. ^ "Penang boys the shining stars for Singapore at Asia team meet". www.thestar.com.my. The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ^ "She came to us first, insists sports school". AsiaOne. The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Zulkarnain wins maiden international badminton title". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  7. ^ "S'pore shuttler Loh Kean Yew, 17, serves notice of intent". The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Singapore's Loh Kean Yew makes history, wins World Championships men's singles title". Channel News Asia. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

External links[]


Flag of SingaporeBiography icon Federball kunststoff.jpg

This biographical article relating to Singaporean badminton is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""