Nicol Ann David, the world woman squash champion, the world No. 1 female squash player. She is from Penang. I once saw her in Batu Lanchang, she is a humble and down to earth Penang girl, eating 'pasembur' or rojak (Penang street food) with her classmate at Batu Lanchang Hawker Complex, near Batu Lanchang Market. But unfortunately even I have my camera with me, the battery was out,and missed the chance to take a photo with her, the world Champ. Anyhow, at least I managed to have a good handshake with world champ from Penang.
Datuk Nicol Ann David is a Malaysian professional squash player. She is currently ranked world number 1 in women's squash,and is the first Asian woman to be ranked World No. 1 in the sport. She won the World Open title in 2005,2006, 2008 and 2009,and the British Open title in 2005,2006 and 2008.
Nicol is the first squash player to have won the World Junior title twice (1999 and 2001) under the tutelage of Richard Glanfield. She remained the only female squash player to have achieved this, until Raneem El Weleily emulated Nicol's feat by winning her second World Junior Championship in 2007. At a very young age, she was invited to carry the Olympic torch for Malaysia during the build up to the Athens Olympics in 2004 and being appointed as UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Malaysia.
Nicol David's other achievements include the Asian squash championship, which she won with a record of six times (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008). She also held a 13-month, 51-match winning streak, from March 2006 until April 2007, when she finally lost to Natalie Grinham in the final of the 2007 Seoul Open. The former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a fellow Penangite, once quipped that Nicol is "now more famous than me".
(source: wikipedia)
Personal Bacground
Nicol is the Chindian daughter of Ann Marie David, a retired Malaysian Chinese school teacher, and Desmond David, a Malaysian Indian engineer, who is also a former state athlete and footballer. She has two sisters, Lianne Marie and Cheryl Therese, both of whom are accomplished squash players at a national level. As a youngster, Nicol enjoyed reading, and mathematics was her best subject at school; she dreamed of one day becoming an engineer. Nicol scored seven A's for her Penilaian Menengah Rendah and obtained seven A's in her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (the equivalent to GCSE), which she studied at Convent Green Lane Secondary School in Green Lane, Penang.
(source: wikipedia)
She was conferred by The University of Nottingham, UK with Master of Arts honoris causa on 21-7-2007 by Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Douglas Tallack at the Malaysia Campus’ eighth graduation ceremony.
The most trust person in Malaysia
A survey by Reader Digest voted her as The Most Trust Person in Malaysia, who is our squash queen, Nicol David, who is world champion, and who is from Penang. We,Penanag people are proud of your achievement, no doubt you will also be the most trust person in Penang,
I know I may meet her again, this time not only with world champion, also the most trust person in Malaysia. I hope this time I will have my camera with me, with battery fully charge.
Related articles
1. NOTTINGHAM AWARD FOR NICOL DAVID, http://www.nottingham.edu.my/News/News/Pages/NottinghamAwardNicolDavid.aspx
2. Nicol David the most trusted Malaysian, http://www.malaysianmirror.com/nationaldetail/6-national/31895
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Penang Badminton All England Men Single Champions
Lee Chong Wei(李宗伟) is the current All England Badminton Men Single Champion for 2010. Malaysia have been producing All England Men Single Champion for some time since 1950. The 5 Malaysian All England Single Champion from Malaysia are:
1. Wong Peng Soon(黄秉璇) 1950,1951,1952,1955
2. Eddy B. Choong(庄友明) 1953, 1954,1956,1957
3. Tan Aik Huang (陳奕芳) 1966
4. Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 2003
5. Lee Chong Wei(李宗伟) 2010
Out of the 5 Champion from Malaysia, three of them are from Penang. They are Eddy B. Choong(4 times Champion 1953, 1954,1956,1957), Tan Aik Huang 1966, and the current champion, Lee Chong Wei(李宗伟)(2010).
1. Eddy Choong Ewe Beng (拿督莊友明)
Eddy Choong Ewe Beng (庄友明) (born 1930 in Penang) is a retired male Chinese badminton player from Malaysia. He is David Ewe Choong's brother and they played men's doubles together.
He was All England single champion for 4 times in 1953, 1954,1956,1957. Runner up in 1952, 1955. He was also All England double Champion for 1951, 1952, 1953, runner up for 1954, 1955, 1957.
He was included in 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.
2. Tan Aik Huang (陳奕芳
Tan Aik Huang (陳奕芳) born in 1945 in Penang, is a retired Malaysian Chinese male badminton player noted for his superb footwork and patience. He was an ex-MBS student.
He won the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1966. He was a singles finalist at the All-England for four consecutive years, from 1965 through 1968. He was a member of several Malaysian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams including its world champion team of 1967. Tan Aik Huang won numerous major international singles titles in the mid to late 1960's including the Danish Open, the U.S. Open, the Canadian Open, and the Malaysian Open. He won both singles and doubles at the British Commonwealth Games of 1966. His career in badminton waned sooner than what might have been expected as the demands of his chosen profession as a medical doctor came to the fore by the early 1970s.
Datuk Lee Chong Wei (李宗伟/李宗偉)
Datuk Lee Chong Wei (李宗伟/李宗偉), born in Bukit Mertajam, Penang on October 21, 1982.He is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. Lee won the silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men's singles event and ending Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games. This achievement also earned him the title Datuk, and a description by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as national hero.
As a singles player, Lee was again ranked first worldwide on August 21, 2008. He is the third Malaysian men's singles shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in the 1980s), and is the only Malaysian shuttler to hold the ranking for more than two weeks.
Lee is also the reigning All England champion 2010.
Lee has won many international badminton titles in his career, including many Super Series titles. However, despite his status among the world elite, Lee has only managed to capture bronze (in 2005) at the BWF World Championships.
While we welcome Lee Chong Wei from Penang in becoming world No 1 male player, All England Champion; we also remember the other champions from Penang; and hope that Penang will always excel in sport and producing more champion. Penang, the No 1 sport state.
Related articles:
1. List of All England Men's Singles champions, http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/List_of_All_England_Men%27s_Singles_champions
2. Lee Chong Wei, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Chong_Wei
3. Personal blog of Lee Chong Wei, blog.leechongwei82.com/
1. Wong Peng Soon(黄秉璇) 1950,1951,1952,1955
2. Eddy B. Choong(庄友明) 1953, 1954,1956,1957
3. Tan Aik Huang (陳奕芳) 1966
4. Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 2003
5. Lee Chong Wei(李宗伟) 2010
Out of the 5 Champion from Malaysia, three of them are from Penang. They are Eddy B. Choong(4 times Champion 1953, 1954,1956,1957), Tan Aik Huang 1966, and the current champion, Lee Chong Wei(李宗伟)(2010).
1. Eddy Choong Ewe Beng (拿督莊友明)
Eddy Choong Ewe Beng (庄友明) (born 1930 in Penang) is a retired male Chinese badminton player from Malaysia. He is David Ewe Choong's brother and they played men's doubles together.
He was All England single champion for 4 times in 1953, 1954,1956,1957. Runner up in 1952, 1955. He was also All England double Champion for 1951, 1952, 1953, runner up for 1954, 1955, 1957.
He was included in 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.
2. Tan Aik Huang (陳奕芳
Tan Aik Huang (陳奕芳) born in 1945 in Penang, is a retired Malaysian Chinese male badminton player noted for his superb footwork and patience. He was an ex-MBS student.
He won the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1966. He was a singles finalist at the All-England for four consecutive years, from 1965 through 1968. He was a member of several Malaysian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams including its world champion team of 1967. Tan Aik Huang won numerous major international singles titles in the mid to late 1960's including the Danish Open, the U.S. Open, the Canadian Open, and the Malaysian Open. He won both singles and doubles at the British Commonwealth Games of 1966. His career in badminton waned sooner than what might have been expected as the demands of his chosen profession as a medical doctor came to the fore by the early 1970s.
Datuk Lee Chong Wei (李宗伟/李宗偉)
Datuk Lee Chong Wei (李宗伟/李宗偉), born in Bukit Mertajam, Penang on October 21, 1982.He is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. Lee won the silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men's singles event and ending Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games. This achievement also earned him the title Datuk, and a description by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as national hero.
As a singles player, Lee was again ranked first worldwide on August 21, 2008. He is the third Malaysian men's singles shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in the 1980s), and is the only Malaysian shuttler to hold the ranking for more than two weeks.
Lee is also the reigning All England champion 2010.
Lee has won many international badminton titles in his career, including many Super Series titles. However, despite his status among the world elite, Lee has only managed to capture bronze (in 2005) at the BWF World Championships.
While we welcome Lee Chong Wei from Penang in becoming world No 1 male player, All England Champion; we also remember the other champions from Penang; and hope that Penang will always excel in sport and producing more champion. Penang, the No 1 sport state.
Related articles:
1. List of All England Men's Singles champions, http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/List_of_All_England_Men%27s_Singles_champions
2. Lee Chong Wei, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Chong_Wei
3. Personal blog of Lee Chong Wei, blog.leechongwei82.com/
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