Tan Kim Her


Tan Kim Her is a former Malaysian badminton player and coach. He is currently Japan's men's doubles coach.

Career

Kim Her competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Soo Beng Kiang. They defeated the no.3 seeds Rudy Gunawan and Bambang Suprianto of Indonesia in the last 16. In the semi final, Kim Her and Beng Kiang lost to the eventual gold medallist, Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia. In the bronze medal match, the duo lost hard fought match also to the Indonesian pair, Antonius Ariantho/Denny Kantono.

Achievements

World Cup

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Phan Dinh Phung Indoor Stadium,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam		 Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit
Soo Beng Kiang		15–6, 11–15, 8–15 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China Yap Kim Hock Chen Hongyong
Chen Kang		10–15, 11–15 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tan Sui Hoon Park Joo-bong
Chung Myung-hee		3–15, 4–15 Bronze
1992Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tan Sui Hoon Joko Mardianto
Sri Untari		6–15, 4–15 Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore Yap Kim Hock Ricky Subagja
Rexy Mainaky		17–15, 7–15, 14–17 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore Tan Lee Wai Denny Kantono
Minarti Timur		5–15, 2–15 Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Victoria, Canada Ong Ewe Hock Simon Archer
Chris Hunt		1–15, 7–15 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Chinese Taipei Open Jalani Sidek Cheah Soon Kit
Soo Beng Kiang		7–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1992Dutch Open Yap Kim Hock Chris Bruil
Ron Michels		15–9, 15–10 Winner
1994Swiss Open Yap Kim Hock Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
Peter Axelsson		7–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1994China Open Yap Kim Hock Huang Zhanzhong
Jiang Xin		10–15, 8–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991French Open Yap Kim Hock Yap Yee Hup
Yap Yee Guan		7–15, 11–15 Runner-up

Coaching

Kim Her became a coach after his playing career. He coached the Malaysian junior squad for six years. Then, become the first Malaysian to coach abroad when he joined the South Korean national team in 2005. After two years stint, he joined England national team. In 2010, he left and returned to coach in his homeland Malaysia. In 2015, he was appointed as an Indian men's doubles coach before resign in March 2019.