Tan Kim Her (, born November 11, 1971) is a Malaysian coach and former badminton player. In the past few years, he has coached Indian and Japanese doubles players.
Career Kim Her competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Soo Beng Kiang. They defeated the no.3 seeds Rudy Gunawan and Bambang Suprianto of Indonesia in the last 16. In the semi-final, Kim Her and Beng Kiang lost to the eventual gold medallist, Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia. In the bronze medal match, the duo lost hard fought match also to the Indonesian pair, Antonius Ariantho/Denny Kantono.
Achievements World Cup Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang 15–6, 11–15, 8–15 Bronze
Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China Yap Kim Hock Chen Hongyong Chen Kang 10–15, 11–15 Silver
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent ScoreResult 1991 Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tan Sui Hoon Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee 3–15, 4–15 Bronze 1992 Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tan Sui Hoon Joko Mardianto Sri Untari 6–15, 4–15 Bronze
Asian Cup Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang 18–17, 0–15, 10–15 Bronze
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Tan Lee Wai Liu Jianjun Ge Fei 2–15, 2–15 Bronze
Southeast Asian Games Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1993Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore Yap Kim Hock Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky17–15, 7–15, 14–17 Bronze
Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1993Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore Tan Lee Wai Denny Kantono Minarti Timur5–15, 2–15 Bronze
Commonwealth Games Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1994McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Ong Ewe Hock Simon Archer Chris Hunt1–15, 7–15 Bronze
IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result1992Chinese Taipei Open Jalani Sidek Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang7–15, 4–15 Runner-up1992Dutch Open Yap Kim Hock Chris Bruil Ron Michels15–9, 15–10 Winner1994 Swiss Open Yap Kim Hock Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Peter Axelsson7–15, 8–15 Runner-up1994China Open Yap Kim Hock Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin10–15, 8–15 Runner-up
IBF International Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result1991French Open Yap Kim Hock Yap Yee Hup Yap Yee Guan7–15, 11–15 Runner-up
Coaching Tan became a coach after his playing career, coaching the Malaysian junior squad for six years. Then, he became the first Malaysian to coach abroad when he joined the South Korean national team in 2005. In 2007, he joined the England national team. In 2010, he left and returned to coach in his homeland Malaysia. In 2015, he was appointed as an Indian men's doubles coach, before resigning in March 2019. He was credited for the rise of world No. 1 men's doubles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty. He then joined the Japanese national team as men's doubles coach, guiding world No. 4 Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi to the world title in 2021.
References
External links Profile at Olympic.org Profile at sports-reference.com