David Choong

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David L. Choong (also known as Choong Ewe Leong or Eddy L. Choong ; born April 5, 1929 in Penang , † September 10, 2011 in Tanjung Tokong ) was a Malaysian badminton player . He was also active in several political offices in Penang and in 1961 was the only Alliance politician who entered the city council with an MCA mandate. His father was Choong Lye Hin , a former president of Penang.

Career

David Choong won the unofficial world championships , the All England , in 1951, 1952 and 1953 in men's doubles with his brother Eddy Choong . In 1954, 1955 and 1957 they lost in the final. In 1957 he won the French Open in mixed and doubles. After his sporting career, he also worked as a politician. In 1996 he suffered a stroke from which he was able to recover. After a second stroke in 2002, he was in a coma for nine years until his death.

successes

season event discipline winner
1949 French Open Men's singles David Choong
1949 French Open Mixed David Choong / A. Lehmeier
1950 French Open Men's singles David Choong
1950 French Open Men's doubles David Choong / John Newland
1950 French Open Mixed David Choong / Audrey Stone
1950 Middlesex Championships Men's doubles David Choong / Choong Ewe Jin
1951 Scottish Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1951 All of England Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1951/1952 Denmark Open Mixed David Choong / Tonny Ahm
1952 Scottish Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1952 French Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1952 Irish Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1952 All of England Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1953 Scottish Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1953 Scottish Open Mixed David Choong / Nancy Horner
1953 All of England Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1953 Irish Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1953 French Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1953 All of England Mixed David Choong / June White
1953/1954 Denmark Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1954 Norwegian International Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1955 German Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1955 German Open Mixed David Choong / Annelise Hansen
1955 Swiss Open Men's singles David Choong
1955 Swiss Open Men's doubles David Choong / LT Lee
1955 Dutch Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1956 Swiss Open Men's doubles David Choong / LT Lee
1956/1957 German Open Men's doubles Eddy Choong / David Choong
1957 French Open Men's doubles David Choong / Ferry Sonneville
1957 French Open Mixed David Choong / S. Cambril

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former badminton great David Choong dies ( Memento from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. newspapers.nl.sg ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / newspapers.nl.sg