Soh Wooi Yik


Soh Wooi Yik is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2015 and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has help Malaysia to clinched a silver medal in mixed team before defeated by China in 2016. He is the son of former Malaysian badminton player Soh Goon Chup. His uncle is known as Soo Beng Kiang, who partnered with Cheah Soon Kit to help Malaysia win the 1992 Thomas Cup. Soh and his partner Aaron Chia were the All England Open finalist and the Southeast Asian Games gold medalist in 2019.

Career

Soh was born in Kuala Lumpur. He began playing badminton when he was 4. He was selected to play for Kuala Lumpur when he was 7. Later he received an offer to study at Bukit Jalil Sports School when he was 13. In 2015, he partnered Ooi Zi Heng and won gold in the 2015 ASEAN School Games.
In November 2015, Soh partnered Aaron Chia but crashed out in the fourth round of the men's doubles event in the 2016 World Junior Championships. Based on their improved performance, he was drafted to the national back-up squad at the end of 2015 to be coached by Cheah Soon Kit.
In July 2016, Soh and Ooi won the boys' doubles bronze medal at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships. They were defeated by the Chinese pair of Han Chengkai/Zhou Haodong in straight games. Soh suffered injuries and was not able to improve his performance in the 2016 World Junior Championships. Despite that, he was still drafted into the national team after the event.
Soh played for Petaling BC at the beginning of 2017. He partnered Chen Tang Jie and reached two finals in international challenge/series events. In October 2017, Soh was recruited into the national team.
Before the end of the 2017 season, Soh reunited with Aaron Chia and managed to qualify for the finals of the India International Challenge.
In March 2018, the duo stormed into their second international finals in Vietnam International Challenge, but still, they failed to win their elusive first career title.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines		 Aaron Chia Bodin Isara
Maneepong Jongjit		18–21, 21–15, 21–16 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand		 Ooi Zi Heng Han Chengkai
Zhou Haodong		15–21, 17–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and started in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour is divided into six levels, namely the World Tour Finals, the Super 1000, the Super 750, the Super 500, the Super 300 and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019All England OpenSuper 1000 Aaron Chia Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		21–11, 14–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018SaarLorLux OpenSuper 100 Aaron Chia Marcus Ellis
Chris Langridge		23–21, 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 runners-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Malaysia International Aaron Chia Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		17–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up
2018Vietnam International Aaron Chia Maneepong Jongjit
Nanthakarn Yordphaisong		18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2017Tata Open India International Aaron Chia Maneepong Jongjit
Nanthakarn Yordphaisong		6–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2017Waikato International Chen Tang Jie Su Li-wei
Ye Hong-wei		16–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up
2017Malaysia International Chen Tang Jie Lee Jian Yi
Lim Zhen Ting		22–24, 19–21 Runner-up