BADMINTON PLAYER

Soh Wooi Yik

1998 - Today

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Soh Wooi Yik (Chinese: 蘇偉譯; pinyin: Sū Wěiyì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘ Úi-e̍k; born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. A world champion, an Asian champion and a double bronze medalist at the Olympic Games, he and his partner Aaron Chia became the first ever world badminton champions from Malaysia after winning the men's doubles title at the 2022 World Championships. Together, they also won a gold medal at the 2019 SEA Games and 2025 Asian Championships, a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Championships, as well as bronze medals at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2023 World Championships 2022 Asian Games and 2024 Asian Championships. They are also the first Malaysian men’s doubles pair to win consecutive medals at the Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Soh Wooi Yik is the 134th most popular badminton player (up from 153rd in 2024), the 97th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 90th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Malaysian Badminton Player.

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS

Among badminton players, Soh Wooi Yik ranks 134 out of 117. Before him are Kevin Cordón, Hiroyuki Endo, Kim Astrup, Marc Zwiebler, Jung Kyung-eun, and Huang Sui. After him are Lee Jae-jin, Arisa Higashino, Chen Qingchen, Apriyani Rahayu, He Hanbin, and Mayu Matsumoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Soh Wooi Yik ranks 487. Before him are Garance Marillier, Wilma Murto, Gonzalo Villar, Finn Dahmen, Marius Marin, and Fran Navarro. After him are Bindi Irwin, Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov, Cédric Zesiger, Vladislav Artemiev, Óscar Gil, and Berkay Özcan.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Soh Wooi Yik ranks 96 out of 90. Before him are Siti Nordiana (1984), Yap Kim Hock (1970), Tadashi Takeda (1986), Goh Liu Ying (1989), and Elyana (1987). After him are Remy Hii (1986), Cheong Jun Hoong (1990), Indra Putra Mahayuddin (1981), Khairul Anuar Mohamad (1991), Goh V Shem (1989), Chan Peng Soon (1988), and Aaron Chia (1997).

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS In Malaysia

Among badminton players born in Malaysia, Soh Wooi Yik ranks 8. Before him are Rashid Sidek (1968), Razif Sidek (1962), Jalani Sidek (1964), Lee Zii Jia (1998), Yap Kim Hock (1970), and Goh Liu Ying (1989). After him are Goh V Shem (1989), Chan Peng Soon (1988), Aaron Chia (1997), Tan Wee Kiong (1989), Soniia Cheah Su Ya (1993), and Lee Meng Yean (1994).

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