Ng Boon Bee

Ng Boon Bee
Personal information
Birth name	伍文美
Country	Malaysia
Born	17 December 1937 Ipoh, Perak, Malaya (now Malaysia)
Years active	1957-1972
Men's doubles
Medal record Competitor for  Malaysia Men's badminton Olympic Games 1972 Munich Men's doubles Thomas Cup 1967 Jakarta Team 1970 Kuala Lumpur Team Asian Games 1962 Jakarta Men's doubles 1966 Bangkok Men's doubles 1970 Bangkok Men's doubles All England Championships 1965 London Men's doubles 1966 London Men's doubles 1971 London Men's doubles Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh Men's doubles 1966 Kingston Men's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1961 Rangoon Men's doubles 1965 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1967 Bangkok Men's doubles 1971 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles Asian Championships 1962 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1969 Manila Men's doubles

Ng Boon Bee (Chinese: 伍文美; pinyin: Wǔ Wénměi; born 17 December 1937) is a well-known Malaysia badminton player in the era of the 1960s and early 1970s. His success in doubles earned him recognition as one of greatest doubles players in badminton history. In combination, first, with Tan Yee Khan and later with Punch Gunalan he won men's doubles events in Malaysia, Singapore, Canadian, US, Denmark and German. He shared the prestigious All-England men's doubles title on three occasions, 1965, 1966, and 1971, the first two with Yee Khan and the last with Gunalan.^[1] Known for his quickness, power, and anticipation, Boon Bee was a member of Malaysia's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) team in 1967.^[2] He was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 1998. A fine all-around athlete, Boon Bee also represented Malaysia in football (soccer) at one time.

References

1. Pat Davis,The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 107.
2. Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 78, 84.