Ooi Teik Hock (simplified Chinese: 黄德福; traditional Chinese: 黃德福; pinyin: Huáng Dé Fú; born 13 November 1920 – 21 March 1983)[1][2] was a male badminton player from Malaysia who won Malayan national titles and represented his country in team and individual competition between 1939 and 1958.
Ooi played on four consecutive Malayan Thomas Cup (men's international) teams (1949, 1952, 1955, 1958) the first three of which claimed world titles. Paired with a variety of partners, he was undefeated in eight Thomas Cup doubles matches, while winning four of his six singles matches.[3] He shared the men's doubles title at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1949 with Teoh Seng Khoon and in 1954 with Ong Poh Lim. In the '49 All-England's he was runner-up in men's singles to the legendary Dave Freeman.[4]
Personal lifeedit
Ooi married Choo Soh Cheng and together they had a son, Beng Leng, and two daughters, Sooi Choo and Sooi Gaik.[5]
Deathedit
On 21 March 1983, Teik Hock died at his Penang home after a heart attack. He was 62.[5]
teik, hock, simplified, chinese, 黄德福, traditional, chinese, 黃德福, pinyin, huáng, born, november, 1920, march, 1983, male, badminton, player, from, malaysia, malayan, national, titles, represented, country, team, individual, competition, between, 1939, 1958, 黄德福. Ooi Teik Hock simplified Chinese 黄德福 traditional Chinese 黃德福 pinyin Huang De Fu born 13 November 1920 21 March 1983 1 2 was a male badminton player from Malaysia who won Malayan national titles and represented his country in team and individual competition between 1939 and 1958 Ooi Teik Hock黄德福Ooi Teik Hock in 1950Personal informationCountryMalaysiaBorn 1920 11 13 13 November 1920Penang MalayaDied21 March 1983 1983 03 21 aged 62 Penang MalaysiaMedal record Men s badminton Representing Malaya Thomas Cup 1949 Preston Team 1952 Singapore Team 1955 Singapore Team 1958 Singapore Team In this Chinese name the family name is Ooi Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Death 4 Achievements 4 1 International tournaments 5 ReferencesCareer editOoi played on four consecutive Malayan Thomas Cup men s international teams 1949 1952 1955 1958 the first three of which claimed world titles Paired with a variety of partners he was undefeated in eight Thomas Cup doubles matches while winning four of his six singles matches 3 He shared the men s doubles title at the prestigious All England Championships in 1949 with Teoh Seng Khoon and in 1954 with Ong Poh Lim In the 49 All England s he was runner up in men s singles to the legendary Dave Freeman 4 Personal life editOoi married Choo Soh Cheng and together they had a son Beng Leng and two daughters Sooi Choo and Sooi Gaik 5 Death editOn 21 March 1983 Teik Hock died at his Penang home after a heart attack He was 62 5 Achievements editInternational tournaments edit Men s singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1949 All England nbsp David G Freeman 1 15 6 15 nbsp Runner up Men s doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1949 Denmark Open nbsp Teoh Seng Khoon nbsp Winner 1949 All England nbsp Teoh Seng Khoon nbsp David G Freeman nbsp Wynn Rogers 15 5 15 6 nbsp Winner 1954 All England nbsp Ong Poh Lim nbsp David Choong nbsp Eddy Choong 18 16 15 12 nbsp Winner 1954 US Open nbsp Ong Poh Lim nbsp David Choong nbsp Eddy Choong 15 1 15 4 nbsp Winner 1955 Malaysia Open nbsp Ong Poh Lim nbsp Finn Kobbero nbsp Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen 15 7 18 17 nbsp Winner 1956 US Open nbsp Ong Poh Lim nbsp Finn Kobbero nbsp Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen 15 9 8 15 7 15 nbsp Runner upReferences edit Mention of Ooi Teik Hock s death Thomas Cup hero Ooi Teik Hock the old champ who faded away Herbert Scheele ed The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 Canterbury Kent England J A Jennings Ltd 1967 66 78 Scheele 166 168 a b Fighter and friend legacy of the Teik Hock legend The Straits Times 23 March 1983 nbsp This biographical article relating to Malaysian badminton is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ooi Teik Hock amp oldid 1201339661, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
