Ong Poh Lim (1922 - 2003) was a Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who won numerous national and international titles from the late 1940's to the early 1960's. Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles or two opposing pairs (doubles who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court In 1954 he shared the prestigious All-England men's doubles title with Ooi Teik Hock, having previously reached the finals of both singles and doubles at the All-Englands in 1951[1]. The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious Badminton tournaments Ooi Teik Hock was a Malayan Badminton player who won Malayan national titles and represented his country in team and individual competition between 1939 and 1958 Known for his aggressive, unorthodox style, Poh Lim played on three consecutive world champion Malayan Thomas Cup teams (1949, 1952, 1955) and won all of his individual matches in these contests[2]. The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international Badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the The 1949 Thomas Cup was the inaugural tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's Badminton team competition in the world The Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's Badminton (its female counterpart is the Uber Cup) The Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's Badminton (its female counterpart is the Uber Cup) In the latter part of his career he represented Singapore in international competition. Ong Poh Lim was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 1998. The Badminton Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at Badminton, all-time great coaches and referees and other major contributors to the game
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