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For other uses, see Yeo (disambiguation).

Yeoh is one spelling of the Hokkien pronunciation (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ; IPA: /iũ²⁴/) of the Chinese surname spelled in Mandarin Chinese Pinyin as Yáng (traditional Chinese: 楊; simplified Chinese: 杨; see that article for the history of the surname). Another common spelling is Yeo. Both the spellings Yeoh and Yeo are common in southeast Asia, for example among Malaysian Chinese.^[1]

People

Notable people with the surname Yeoh include:

• Benjamin Yeoh (born 1978), British playwright
• Bernard Yeoh (born 1969), Malaysian sport shooter
• Brenda Yeoh, Singaporean academic and geographer
• Cheryl Yeoh (born 1983), Malaysian entrepreneur in California
• Dawn Yeoh (born 1986), Singaporean actress
• Francis Yeoh (born 1954), Malaysian businessman, son of Yeoh Tiong Lay
• Hannah Yeoh (born 1979), Malaysian politician
• Joanne Yeoh (born 1977), Malaysian violinist
• Melvin Yeoh (born 1981), Malaysian mixed martial artist
• Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian businesswoman, granddaughter of Yeoh Tiong Lay
• Michelle Yeoh (born 1962)
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  Diving for Gold: Malaysia's Road to Olympic Diving

  It's not about winning at the Olympic Games. It's about trying to win. The motto is faster, higher, stronger - not fastest, strongest, highest. Sometimes it's the trying that matters. - Bronte Barratt

  Did you know Malaysia has been part of the Olympic Games since 1956? 

  While athletes from the Federation of Malaya participated in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, our nation competed under the name "Malaysia" for the first time in 1964. In the case of Olympic diving, it has only been a little over 20 years since Malaysian athletes took part in the diving sport.

  You could say that our country is still young in the history of diving! 

  Let's look back on the nation's diving history at the Olympics and some noteworthy achievements that have made us proud to be Malaysians.

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  Yeoh Ken Nee

  Malaysian diver

  Born	(1983-04-30) 30 April 1983 (age 41) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
  Country	Malaysia

  Yeoh Ken Nee (simplified Chinese: 杨健立; traditional Chinese: 楊健立; pinyin: Yáng Jiànlì; Jyutping: Joeng4 Gin6 Laap6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iôⁿ Kiān-li̍p; born 30 April 1983^[1]) is a Malaysian diver.^[2]

  As a 15-year-old he competed in Diving at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[3] In 2009, he competed in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in the Men's 3 m synchro springboard and Men's 3 m springboard, finishing in 11th and 29th position respectively.

  In June 2010, he competed in the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup in Changzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. His diving team even won a silver medal in the 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, China. In 2012 he competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He has become the first Malaysian to qualify for a final of an individual event in the diving competition a