Soh Wooi Yik

His maternal uncle Soo Beng Kiang is a former Malaysia badminton player and Olympian and had partnered with Cheah Soon Kit to help Malaysia win the 1992 Thomas Cup.

He began playing badminton when he was 4.

He was selected to play for Kuala Lumpur when he was 7.

He later received an offer to study at Bukit Jalil Sports School when he was 13.

Soh Wooi Yik (born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player.

He and his partner Aaron Chia became the first ever world badminton champions from Malaysia after winning the men's doubles title at the 2022 BWF World Championships.

Soh reached the final of boys' singles and doubles U-15 events at the 2012 Badminton Asia Youth U-15 & U-17 Championships and became the runner-ups for both events.

In September, Soh partnered Aaron Chia and reached the final of Malaysia Junior International, finishing as runner-ups.

In November, the duo competed at the 2015 BWF World Junior Championships but crashed out in the fourth round.

In the same month, Soh partnered Ooi Zi Heng and won gold at the 2015 ASEAN School Games.

Based on his improved performance, he was drafted to the national back-up squad at the end of the year where he was coached by Cheah Soon Kit.

In July, Soh and Ooi won the boys' doubles bronze medal at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships after they were defeated by the Chinese pair of Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong in straight games in the semi-finals.

In November, he won a silver medal in the mixed team event of the 2016 BWF World Junior Championships after being defeated by China in the final.

He then suffered injuries and was not able to compete in the individual event, failing to improve his performance from last year.

Despite this, he was still drafted into the national team after the tournament.

Soh played for Petaling BC at the beginning of the year.

He partnered Chen Tang Jie and reached the finals of Malaysia International in July and Waikato International in August.

In October, Soh was recruited into the national team.

Before the end of the season, Soh reunited with Chia and managed to qualify for the finals of the India International.

In March, Soh and Chia stormed into their second international final at the Vietnam International, but failed to win the title.

In the following month, they got into the final of Malaysia International but lost out narrowly to Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.

In August, the pair made their debut at the 2018 BWF World Championships where they reached the quarter-finals before losing out to Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.

In November, they reached the final of SaarLorLux Open but went down to Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge in three games.

Together, they also won a gold medal at the 2019 SEA Games, a silver medal at the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships, as well as bronze medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2023 BWF World Championships and 2022 Asian Games.

Soh was born in Kuala Lumpur.

He is the son of former Malaysian badminton player Soh Goon Chup.

In March 2019, Soh and Chia participated in the All England Open where they emerged as a surprise finalist.

The pair settled for second best after losing to Ahsan and Setiawan in the final.

In December 2019, he helped the Malaysian team to win a silver medal in the men's team event at the 2019 SEA Games.

He and Chia then took part in the men's doubles event and went on to win the gold, beating Bodin Isara and Maneepong Jongjit in the final.

He was also part of Malaysia's men's team that won silver at the 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships in February.

In January, Soh and Chia reached their third BWF World Tour final at the Thailand Open and finished as the runner-ups.

In late July, the duo made their debut appearance in the men's doubles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

The duo prevailed against Ahsan and Setiawan 17–21, 21–17, 21–14 in the bronze medal playoff, winning bronze for Malaysia.

He was one of the Malaysian players that won bronze at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in late September.

Soh was part of the Malaysian men's team that won gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships in February.

In late April, he and Chia entered the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships final but were bested by Indonesians Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Rambitan.

In August, he won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

He also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event with Chia, ending his debut campaign with two medals.

A few weeks later, Soh and Chia competed at the 2022 BWF World Championships as the sixth seeds.