Hoon Thien How (born 24 December 1986) is a Malaysian former

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player who played in the men's doubles category. Currently, he is one of the assistant coach for Malaysia men's doubles national team.

Career

Hoon Thien How and

Tan Boon Heong Tan Boon Heong (, born 18 September 1987) is a former World No.1 Malaysian professional badminton player in the men's doubles event. Career 2004-2006 Tan was previously paired with Hoon Thien How, with whom he won the World Junior Cham ...

were the World Junior Champions in 2004. Their partnership continued until early 2006 when they won the silver medal at the

2006 Asian Badminton Championships The 2006 Asian Badminton Championships was the 25th edition of the Asian Badminton Championships. It was held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from March 28 to April 2, 2006 as a four-star tournament. Medalists Medal count Final results Men's sing ...

. Shortly after, Tan was partnered with Koo Kien Keat and Hoon was briefly partnered with

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and then, Ong Soon Hock. Hoon and Ong participated in the 2008 Indonesia Open and reached the semi-finals before being beaten by

Candra Wijaya Rafael Candra Wijaya (; born Tan Chia Liang, 16 September 1975) is an Indonesian badminton player. Career Wijaya started his career in badminton at the age of five, motivated by his brother Indra Wijaya and later joined a club in Cirebon. His ...

and

Tony Gunawan Tony Gunawan (; born April 9, 1975) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He gained several international achievements for Indonesia and later for the United States, including an Olympic gold medal and world champion title. Ca ...

, 25–23, 15–21, 15–21. This was followed by a defeat to second-seeded

Cai Yun Cai Yun (born 19 January 1980) is a former professional badminton player representing China. He is the 2012 London Olympic gold medallist and a four-time World Champion in men's doubles. He is regarded as one of the greatest men's doubles play ...

Fu Haifeng Fu Haifeng (born 23 August 1983) is a Chinese badminton player. Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They ...

in the 2008 China Masters 15–21, 21–17, and 20–22. In 2010, Hoon and Ong were chosen to play for Malaysia Thomas Cup squad. From 2010 onward, he was paired with

Tan Wee Kiong Tan Wee Kiong (; born 21 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player in the doubles event. He had a partnership with Goh V Shem, which began at the 2014 Thomas Cup. Together, Tan and Goh won the gold medal in the men's doubles and the mixed t ...

. Hoon and Tan broke into the top 10 in the world rankings on 20 December 2012. Together, their highest ranking was at No. 7. Hoon and Tan did not win any Super Series tournaments during their partnership. However, they often made it to the quarterfinals, semifinals or finals of the tournaments which contributed to their world ranking. In May 2014, Hoon represented Malaysia at 2014 Thomas Cup with former partner,

as a scratch pair. They played first doubles and defeated World No. 1 pair,

Mohammad Ahsan Mohammad Ahsan (born 7 September 1987) is an Indonesian retired badminton player affiliated with Djarum club who specializes in the men's doubles. He is a three-time World Champion, three-time season ending finals champion, and Asian Games go ...

and

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in the semi-finals but failed to defeat world No. 3 pair,

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and

Kenichi Hayakawa is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. Career Hayakawa won the first point in ...

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in the finals. Malaysia lost narrowly 2–3 to Japan. After 8 years since they last played together as official partners, Hoon's partnership with

was permanently resumed in September 2014. This was due to the resignation of Boon Heong's partner,

Koo Kien Keat Koo Kien Keat (; born 18 September 1985) is a Malaysian former professional badminton player. He succeeded in both men's and mixed doubles but is best known for his partnership with Tan Boon Heong with whom, he reached a career high ranking ...

earlier that year along with

's new partnership with

Goh V Shem Goh V Shem (; born Goh Wei Shem; 20 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player in the doubles event. He was partnered with Tan Wee Kiong after their outstanding performance at the 2014 Thomas Cup. Together, Goh and Tan won the gold medal fo ...

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...

(BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Men's doubles'' : Superseries Finals Tournament : Superseries Premier Tournament : Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

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Badminton Association of Malaysia The Badminton Association of Malaysia or BAM ( Malay: ''Persatuan Badminton Malaysia'') is the governing body of badminton in Malaysia. The association was founded in 1964. Nevertheless, the history of Malaysian badminton starts much earlier. Alre ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoon, Thien How 1986 births Living people Badminton players from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian people of Hokkien descent Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games