Tan Kim Her


Tan Kim Her is a Malaysian coach and former badminton player. In the past few years, he has coached Indian and Japanese doubles players.

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 Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Asian Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China

Asian Cup

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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

IBF International

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991French Open

Coaching

Tan became a coach after his playing career, coaching the Malaysian junior squad for six years. Then, he became the first Malaysian to coach abroad when he joined the South Korean national team in 2005. In 2007, he joined the 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 resigning in March 2019. He was credited for the rise of world No. 1 men's doubles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty. He then joined the Japanese national team as men's doubles coach, guiding world No. 4 Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi to the world title in 2021.