Cheah Soon Kit

Datuk Cheah Soon Kit (Current name: / Birth name: )  (born 9 January 1968) is a former Malaysian badminton player and coach.

Career
Known for his amazing jumping smashes, Soon Kit was one of the top doubles stars in the world in his heyday. He won the Olympic silver with Yap Kim Hock in Atlanta 1996. Before combining with Kim Hock, Soon Kit’s partner was Soo Beng Kiang and they won numerous international titles, including the 1992 and 1994 World Cup. He was also a vital member of the Malaysian squad that won the Thomas Cup for the first time in 25 years, in a 3-2 victory over Indonesia at the Stadium Negara in 1992.

Coaching
Soon Kit was the national women’s doubles coach from 2001 to 2007. He groomed Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui into the country’s top pair. Pei Tty-Eei Hui bagged the SEA Games gold in Manila in 2005 to end a 30-year title drought. They also won the gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. After becoming the head coach for several minor badminton clubs, Soon Kit rejoined the national set-up in 2016 before heading the men’s doubles department in 2017 and was instrumental in grooming the current Malaysia No.1 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik. He left the national setup at the end of 2018.

Olympic Games
Men's doubles

World Championships
Men's doubles

World Cup
Men's doubles

Asian Games
Men's doubles

Asian Championships
Men's doubles

Asian Cup
Men's doubles

Southeast Asian Games
Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

Commonwealth Games
Men's doubles

IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

IBF International
Men's doubles

Honours of Malaysia

 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia :
 * MY Panglima Setia Diraja - Order of the Royal Household - PSD.svg Herald of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia (BSD) (1988)
 * Kesatria Mangku Negara.png Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1992)
 * Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
 * MY-FED Darjah Mahkota Wilayah - Knight Commander - PMW.svg Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2021)