Yu Peng Kean
Yu Peng Kean is a retired Malaysian fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's sabre, but was defeated in the top 32 by Áron Szilágyi who went on to win gold medal in the event. Yu suffered a knee injury at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta, with which he struggled for the remainder of his career. Following the 2012 Summer Olympics, he underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on both legs. He took bronze at the 2015 SEA Games after being defeated by Vũ Thành An of Vietnam, but re-injured his knee. He underwent surgery again, and planned to compete at the 2017 SEA Games with hopes of winning a silver or gold medal, but the condition of his knee continued to worsen, and he announced his retirement from fencing in February 2017.
