| Pearly Tan 陈康乐 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Tan at the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal ceremony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Pearly Tan Koong Le | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 March 2000 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2015-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Lee Meng Yean Hoon Thien How Rexy Mainaky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's & mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 5 (WD with Thinaah Muralitharan, 31 January 2023) 74 (XD with Man Wei Chong, 17 March 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 9 (WD with Thinaah Muralitharan, 27 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pearly Tan Koong Le ASK (Chinese: 陳康樂; pinyin: Chén Kānglè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Khong-lo̍k; born 14 March 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. An Olympian, she and Thinaah Muralitharan created history by becoming the first ever Malaysian semi-finalists at the women's doubles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Tan and Muralitharan became gold medalists in the women's doubles and mixed team event.[1][2]
Tan and her then partner Toh Ee Wei became silver medalists in the girls' doubles events at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships.[3] After brief partnerships with Teoh Mei Xing and Lim Chiew Sin in 2019, she went on to win her first senior title at the 2019 Malaysia International Series the same year with her current (as of August 2024) partner Thinaah Muralitharan.
- ^ Tan, Ming Wai (8 August 2022). "Pearly-Thinaah win, Malaysia surpass Commonwealth target". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Tan, Ming Wai (3 August 2022). "In smashing mood for four gold". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Pearly sees lasting combo with 'Ah Toh' – even if they don't shop together". The Star. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.