Oh Poh Soon is a retired competitive wushu taolu athlete from Malaysia. He is a medalist at the World Wushu Championships, Asian Wushu Championships, SEA Games, and the first silver medalist in wushu for Malaysia at the Asian Games.
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| Born | 1975 Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Changquan Jianshu, Qiangshu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Malaysia Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Chin Hoong Iap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editOh's first medal in international competition was at the 1997 SEA Games where he won a silver medal in changquan.[1][2][3] The following year at the 1998 Asian Games, Oh won a tied silver medal in men's changquan all-around with the Philippines' Mark Robert Rosales.[4][5] For this, Oh was nominated for the Anugerah Sukan Negara (National Sports Awards).[6] At the 2000 Asian Wushu Championships in Hanoi, he became the Asian champion in jianshu and won a silver medal in qiangshu, thus earning the silver medal in the three event changquan all-around.[7] The following year, Oh was a triple gold medalist at the 2001 SEA Games in Penang.[8][9][10][11] Oh competed a year later at the Asian Games in men's changquan but did not place.[12] Another year later at the 2003 World Wushu Championships in Macau, Oh won the silver medal in qiangshu.[13][14] His last competition was shortly after at the 2003 SEA Games where he won bronze medals in changquan and jianshu.[15] He retired from competitive wushu and became a coach, eventually opening the Oh Poh Soon Wushu Centre.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1997 SEA Games Results". Jakarta Post. 1997-10-24. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Sport-by-sport look at Malaysia's hope: Wushu". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 1997-10-08. p. 48. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Blame it on sports bodies". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 1997-10-21. p. 43. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Wushu Contributes One Silver Medal". Malaysia General News. Bangkok. Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia. 2002-12-18. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
- ^ "Oh as good as gold". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 1998-12-19. p. 36. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Nominations from 24 Associations for National Sports Award". Malaysia General News. Kuala Lumpur. Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia. 1999-02-11. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "5th Asian Wushu Championships held in Hanoi, Vietnam" [第５回アジア武術選手権大会、ベトナム・ハノイで開催]. Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation (in Japanese). 2 May 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Langkah gemilang Ro Bin, Po Soon" [Ro Bin's and Po Soon's Brilliant Move]. Berita Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ "John Hancock Awards Top SEA Games Performers". Malaysia General News. Kuala Lumpur. Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia. 2001-09-28. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Thank you for a job well done". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 2001-09-29. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Today the Games, next the world for Oh". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 2001-09-11. p. 44. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "No glimmer of hope from wushu". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 2002-10-12. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "7th World Wushu Championships, 2003, Macau, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Malaysia still ahead of regional rivals, says coach". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 2003-11-16. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ Isa, Mohd Haikal (2003-12-13). "Only Two Bronze Medals from Wushu on Final Day". Malaysia General News. Hanoi. Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
