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Bernard Yeoh Cheng Han (born April 11, 1969 in
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) is a Malaysian sport shooter and restaurateur. He was selected to compete for Malaysia in trap shooting at the
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, finishing in thirty-fourth place. Yeoh is a member of the A1 Shooting Ground in Barnet,
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,
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, where he trains full-time under Italian-born coach Claudio Capaldo. Yeoh qualified for the Malaysian squad, as a 35-year-old, in the men's trap at the
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in
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after having accepted a wildcard entry invitation from the
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. He fired 107 out of 125 targets to finish thirty-fourth in the qualifying phase, failing to advance to the final. Yeoh is also the proprietor of
Kai Mayfair Kai Mayfair is a fine dining Chinese restaurant located on 65 South Audley Street, Mayfair, near Park Lane in London, England. It was opened in 1993 by Malaysian sport shooter; Bernard Yeoh, with the intent of changing the perception of the Chi ...
in London, a fine dining Chinese restaurant which has held 1 Michelin star since 2009. He opened the restaurant in 1993.


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1969 births Living people Malaysian male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Malaysia Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in shooting Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia {{Malaysia-sportshooting-bio-stub