Tan Joe Hok, born in Bandung on 11 August 1937 and died in Jakarta on 2 June 2025, was an Indonesian badminton player who, along with Ferry Sonneville and a cadre of fine doubles players, set the foundation for an Indonesian badminton dynasty by dethroning the long-reigning Thomas Cup champion Malaya in 1958. He was the first Indonesian to win the All England Open, in 1959, and the first Indonesian to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, which happened at home in 1962. He also won the U.S. Open and Canadian Open singles titles in 1959 and 1960, and won all but one of his singles matches for Indonesia's Thomas Cup winning teams of 1958, 1961 and 1964. He studied chemistry and biology at Baylor University in Texas and later worked as a badminton coach in Mexico, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
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He was the first Indonesian to win the All England Open in 1959
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was an Indonesian badminton player
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the first Indonesian to win a gold medal in Asian Games, which happened at home in 1962
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Member of Squad Indonesian Team that won the Thomas Cup at Singapore (1958)
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