Lim Say Hup (1935–2005), was a Malaysian
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.
Career
Lim won the
All England Open Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ...
in the men's doubles with
Teh Kew San in 1959.
He featured in the final of the
1958 Thomas Cup
The 1958 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton (its female counterpart is the Uber Cup). Beginning in 1949 Thomas Cup, 1948–49 it was held every three years until 1982 Thomas Cup, 1982 and ha ...
in addition to representing Malaysia in the Thomas Cup during 1961 and 1964.
Lim also won the Glasgow World Invitational, All-Canadian Championships, All-American Championships and Malaysian Open before retiring in 1964.
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Personal life
The same year that Lim won the All England Championships (1959), he received a BA with honours in history from University of Malaya
The Universiti Malaya (lit 'University of Malaya'; abbreviated UM) is a public university, public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest Malaysian institution of higher education, and was the only university in ...
in 1959. He worked for the Commerce and Industry Ministry, Esso and the Asian Development Bank in Manila.[
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Death
Lim died in 2005 at his residence in Manila, Philippines. He was 70 years old.[
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Achievements
Asian Championships
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
International tournaments
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Invitational tournaments
''Men's doubles''
References
1935 births
2005 deaths
Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Badminton players from Penang
Malaysian male badminton players
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