Eddy Choong

	Eddy Choong
Traditional Chinese	莊友明
Simplified Chinese	庄友明
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhuāng You Míng

Eddy Choong
Eddy Choong
Personal information
Birth name	Choong Ewe Beng
Country	Malaya; Malaysia
Born	29 May 1930; Penang, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Men's singles, Men's & Mixed doubles
Men's badminton
	Representing Malaya
Thomas Cup
	Representing Malaysia
Asian Games

Choong Ewe Beng (29 May 1930 – 28 January 2013) was a Malaysian badminton player. He was David Choong's brother and they played men's doubles together.

He was inducted into 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 the singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships four times between 1953 and 1957 when it was considered the unofficial 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]

Achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Tournament
All England Open Badminton Championships
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 1953 1953	Denmark 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 Mixed doubles	1952, 1953 1952, 1953 1951, 1952, 1953	French Open
1	Men's singles Men's doubles	1955, 1956, 1957 1955, 1957	German 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 Mixed doubles	1957, 1960 1966 1949, 1963	Malaysia Open
1	Men's singles Men's doubles	1954 1954	Norwegian International
1	Men's singles Men's doubles	1951, 1953, 1957 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957	Scottish Open
1	Men's doubles	1966	Singapore Open
1	Men's singles	1954	US Open
1	Men's singles Men's doubles	1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 1950, 1954	Wimbledon International

References

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

Eddy Choong - MSN Encarta (Archived 2009-10-31)
Eddy Choong, Fred Brundle: Badminton. Foyles Handbooks, London, Foyle, 1955
Eddy Choong, Fred Brundle: The Phoenix Book of Badminton – Its history, the development of the shuttlecock, the diversity of style and tactics, and the badminton world of today, London, Phoenix Sports Books, 1956