Teh Peng Huat (born 1937) is a

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badminton coach based in

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who coaches local youth players. He is best known for spotting

Lee Chong Wei Datuk Lee Chong Wei (; born 21 October 1982) is a Malaysian former badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the fifth Malay ...

and bringing Lee under his tutelage in the early 1990s, and credited with quickly developing Lee into a national junior champion. He also developed many other kids into professional badminton players, including

Goh Jin Wei Goh Jin Wei ( zh, s=吴堇溦, t=吳堇溦, poj=Gô͘ Kín-bî, j=Ng4 Gan2 Mei4, p=Wú Jǐnwēi; born 30 January 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. She won the 2015 and 2018 BWF World Junior Championships and the girls' singles title at t ...

Chin Eei Hui Chin Eei Hui (; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhìn Ngì-fui; born 18 June 1982) is a former badminton player from Malaysia who plays in both women's and mixed doubles. She worked as a coach for Malaysia's national women's doubles players of which t ...

Cheam June Wei Cheam June Wei (born 23 January 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Career Cheam started playing badminton at aged 8 in Penang. As a junior player, he has been tra ...

Tee Jing Yi Tee Jing Yi (born 8 February 1991 in George Town, Penang) is a Malaysian badminton player. She competed at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. Achievements Asia Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' ...

Nelson Heg Nelson Heg Wei Keat (born 6 January 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won gold medals at the 2011 World Junior Championships in the team and boys' doubles events. Achievements World Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed ...

, and

Cheah Yee See Cheah Yee See (; born 18 November 1995) is a Malaysian badminton player. Along with Hoo Pang Ron, she was one of the players that earned the Malaysian team a bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup. Achievements SEA Games ''Women's doubles'' ...

. He received Penang's Best Coach award in 2004. The story of how he went out of his way to convince Lee Chong Wei's father to let him coach Chong Wei—including making a promise to waive Chong Wei's fees and offering to send Chong Wei home after every training session—has been reported by international media. In the 2018 biopic ''

'', Teh is portrayed by actor Alvin Wong.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teh, Peng Huat Badminton coaches Malaysian people of Hokkien descent Malaysian people of Chinese descent Sportspeople from Penang Living people 1937 births