Eddy Choong

Eddy Choong
Personal information
Born	1930 Penang, Malaysia
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Country	Malaysia

Eddy Choong Ewe Beng (Chinese: 庄友明) (born 1930 in Penang) is a retired Chinese badminton player from Malaysia. He is David Ewe Choong's brother and they played men's doubles together.

He was included in the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997, and the Badminton World Federation also bestows a special honour onto players, named Eddy Choong Player of the Year.

Career

Noted for his quickness, tenacity, and stamina, Choong won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships four times between 1953 and 1957 when it was considered the unofficlal world championship of the sport. He also reached the All-England singles final in 1952 and 1955 and won the men's doubles with his brother in 1951, 1952, and 1953.^[1] He was a member of the 1955 Malayan Thomas Cup (men's international) team which retained the world team championship, and the 1958 team which surrendered the title to Indonesia^[2]

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
All England Open
1	Men's singles Men's doubles	1953, 1954, 1956, 1957 1951, 1952, 1953	All England
2	Men's singles Men's doubles	1952, 1955 1954, 1955, 1957	All England
Open Championships
1	Men's singles Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1953	Denmark Open
1	Men's singles Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1952, 1953 1952, 1953 1951, 1952, 1953	French Open
1	Men's singles Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1951, 1952, 1953, 1957 1952, 1953 1951, 1953	Irish International
1	Men's singles Men's doubles	1951, 1953, 1957 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957	Scottish Open
1	Men's singles	1953	U.S. Open
1	Men's singles	1955, 1956, 1957	German Open
1	Men's singles Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1954, 1955, 1957 1955, 1957 1957	Dutch Open
1	Men's singles Men's doubles	1957, 1960 1966	Malaysia Open

References

1. ^ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 163.
2. ^ Scheele, 75, 76, 84.

• Eddy Choong - MSN Encarta (Archived 2009-10-31)

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Name	Choong, Eddy
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Date of birth	1930
Place of birth	Penang, Malaysia
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