Loh Kean Yew


Loh Kean Yew is a Singaporean badminton player.

Career summary

Loh represented Singapore in the Southeast Asian Games, where he was the bronze medalist in the men's singles event in 2015, also in the men's team in 2015, 2017 and 2019. He also won the Singapore International tournament in 2014 and 2017 and Malaysia International in 2017. He competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
In 2019, he shocked many in the Thailand Masters where he won against China's Zhou Zeqi, Zhao Junpeng, Taiwan's Wang Tzu-wei before advancing to the semifinals. He took the semifinals against Brice Leverdez in an eventual 2–1 win. He proceeded to the finals, and was up against Chinese superstar Lin Dan. Loh managed to beat the Olympic gold medallist with a score of 21–19, 21–18 to take home the gold medal. Loh won the men's singles silver medal in 2019 Southeast Asian Games, lost the final match against Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia.

Personal life

Born in Penang, Malaysia, Loh is the youngest son and has three elder brothers. He played badminton briefly at age seven in primary school and dropped the sport when he was being made fun of. He picked up badminton again at nine and within six months, he was in the Penang state team. In 2010, a year after his third brother Loh Kean Hean came to Singapore, although reluctant to leave his hometown, he moved to Singapore at the age of 13 after he received the Foreign Sports Scholarship from the Singapore Badminton Association, and was educated at the Singapore Sports School. His goal is to win an Olympic Gold Medal for Singapore. His brother, Loh Kean Hean is also a member of the Singapore national badminton team.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines Lee Zii Jia18–21, 18–21 Silver
2015Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Mohamad Arif Ab Latif20–22, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2019Hyderabad OpenSuper 100 Sourabh Verma13–21, 21–14, 16–21 Runner-up
2019Russian OpenSuper 100 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2019Thailand MastersSuper 300 Lin Dan21–19, 21–18 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Swedish Open Minoru Koga11–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2018South Australia International Yu Igarashi19–21, 24–22, 11–21 Runner-up
2018Mongolia International Andre Marteen15–21, 21–9, 24–22 Winner
2017Singapore International Ryan Ng Zin Rei21–15, 21–15 Winner
2017Malaysia International Cheam June Wei21–19, 21–14 Winner
2014Singapore International Kantaphon Wangcharoen19–21, 21–14, 11–1 Retired Winner