Gan Teik Chai
颜德财
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born(1983-02-05)5 February 1983
Kedah, Malaysia
Died5 August 2023(2023-08-05) (aged 40)
Surabaya, Indonesia[1]
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking12 (MD 21 January 2010)
83 (XD 21 April 2011)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Men's team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Kyoto Boys' team
BWF profile

James Gan Teik Chai (颜德财) (5 February 1983 – 5 August 2023) was a Malaysian badminton player.[2][3] He won the men's doubles title at the 2004 French International tournament partnered with Koo Kien Keat.[4] He also won the 2009 Australian Open Grand Prix tournament with Tan Bin Shen.[5] Teamed-up with Ong Soon Hock, he won the 2012 BWF International tournament in Mauritius, Argentina, and Brazil.[6][7]

Personal life and death

Gan was married to Esther Ng and had two sons. On 4 August 2023, he died of a heart attack while in Indonesia. He was 40.[8]

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Wongchawalitkul University,
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand 		Malaysia Lin Woon Fui Indonesia Markis Kido
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		15–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[9] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[10] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Singapore Open Malaysia Lin Woon Fui Malaysia Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Malaysia Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 		18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Malaysia Tan Bin Shen Malaysia Koo Kien Keat
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong 		11–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Australian Open Malaysia Tan Bin Shen India Rupesh Kumar K. T.
India Sanave Thomas 		21–13, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 India Grand Prix Malaysia Tan Bin Shen Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Bona Septano 		21–19, 15–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Dutch Open Malaysia Ong Soon Hock Indonesia Markis Kido
Indonesia Alvent Yulianto 		21–18, 13–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 India Grand Prix Malaysia Ng Hui Lin China Liu Peixuan
China Tang Jinhua 		17–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2003 Malaysia Satellite Malaysia Koo Kien Keat Malaysia Hong Chieng Hun
Malaysia Lin Woon Fui 		15–7, 17–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 French International Malaysia Koo Kien Keat Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark Jesper Larsen 		15–6, 17–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Malaysia Satellite Malaysia Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Malaysia Ong Soon Hock
Malaysia Tan Bin Shen 		26–24, 18–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Malaysia International Malaysia Ong Jian Guo Malaysia Goh Wei Shem
Malaysia Lin Woon Fui 		19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Mauritius International Malaysia Ong Soon Hock Mauritius Denneshsing Baboolall
Mauritius Yoni Louison 		21–9, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Argentina International Malaysia Ong Soon Hock Chile Cristian Araya
Chile Esteban Mujica 		21–14, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Brazil International Malaysia Ong Soon Hock United States Phillip Chew
United States Sattawat Pongnairat 		21–14, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "亲往印尼办理颜德财身后事 古健杰：安全回来了" (in Chinese). Sinchew Daily. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Players: Teik Chai Gan". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Gan Teik Chai". www.youbad.net. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Teik Chai-Kien Keat grab maiden Open title". www.thestar.com.my. The Star. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Yonex Australian Open 2009 – Indian Doubles Miss Gold". www.badzine.net. Badzine.net. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. ^ "BADMINTON: Shama Aboobakar prend sa revanche". www.lemauricien.com (in French). Le Mauricien. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Kevin Cordon e Nicole Grether vencem o 27º Brasil Internacional de Badminton". www.badminton.org.br (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Badminton. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  8. ^ Former national doubles star Teik Chai dies
  9. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  10. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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