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Gan Teik Chai 颜德财
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1983-02-05)5 February 1983 Kedah, Malaysia
Died	5 August 2023(2023-08-05) (aged 40) Surabaya, Indonesia
Handedness	Left
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	12 (MD 21 January 2010) 83 (XD 21 April 2011)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Malaysia Southeast Asian Games 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Men's doubles 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Men's team Asian Junior Championships 2000 Kyoto Boys' team
BWF profile

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

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.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

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

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, 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. 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	Lin Woon Fui	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	18–21, 17–21	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	Tan Bin Shen	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	11–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Australian Open	Tan Bin Shen	Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2010	India Grand Prix	Tan Bin Shen	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	21–19, 15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Dutch Open	Ong Soon Hock	Markis Kido Alvent Yulianto	21–18, 13–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	India Grand Prix	Ng Hui Lin	Liu Peixuan Tang Jinhua	17–21, 17–21	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	Koo Kien Keat	Hong Chieng Hun Lin Woon Fui	15–7, 17–16	Winner
2004	French International	Koo Kien Keat	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Jesper Larsen	15–6, 17–15	Winner
2006	Malaysia Satellite	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif	Ong Soon Hock Tan Bin Shen	26–24, 18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	Malaysia International	Ong Jian Guo	Goh Wei Shem Lin Woon Fui	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	Mauritius International	Ong Soon Hock	Denneshsing Baboolall Yoni Louison	21–9, 21–10	Winner
2012	Argentina International	Ong Soon Hock	Cristian Araya Esteban Mujica	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2012	Brazil International	Ong Soon Hock	Phillip Chew Sattawat Pongnairat	21–14, 21–14	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.

External links

• Gan Teik Chai at BWFBadminton.com
• Gan Teik Chai at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)

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