Datuk Punch Gunalan 拿督古纳兰 - RIP 安息

Datuk Punch Gunalan 拿督冲床古纳兰

Datuk Punch Gunalan (2 April 1944 – 15 August 2012) was a Malaysian, male badminton star who is considered to have been one of the finest combination doubles and singles players that the country has ever produced. He was born in Sepang, Selangor. Gunalan was a talented right-hander who spent what might have been some of the best years of his playing career competing only sporadically as a student in England. Gunalan did not represent Malaysia in Thomas Cup (the men's world team championship) until the 1970 series in Kuala Lumpur at the comparatively late "rookie" age of 26. Here Malaysia relinquished its title to Indonesia in the final, 2--7, with Gunalan and Ng Boon Bee in doubles gaining one of the two points. In 1971 Gunalan and Boon Bee were the leading men's doubles team in the world, winning the prestigious All England title, as well as the Danish, Canadian and U.S. Open titles.

Though perhaps less consistent in singles than he was in doubles, Gunalan was capable of playing it at the highest level. He reached the All-England singles final in 1974, losing in three close games to the iconic Rudy Hartono. He won singles at the quadrennial Asian Games in 1970 and at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games in 1974.After retiring as a player in 1974 Gunalan served in various stints as coach of the Malaysian team, an official in the Malaysian Badminton Association and as an official in the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation).

Gunalan died on 15 August 2012 after suffering from a critical illness. He was 68.

拿督冲床古纳兰（1944年4月2日 - 2012年8月15日）是一名马来西亚男子羽毛球明星，一直被视为最优秀的组合，双打和单打选手，该国有史以来生产的。他出生在雪邦，雪兰莪州。古纳兰是一个才华横溢的右投手谁花了一些他的球员生涯中最好的年份可能已经作为一个在英国的学生只是偶尔竞争。古纳兰并不能代表马来西亚在汤姆斯杯（世界男子团体冠军）在相对较晚的“新秀”，26岁，直到1970年在吉隆坡系列。马来西亚放弃其所有权向印尼在决赛中，2 - 7古纳兰和吴皇家蜂在双打获得的两分之一。古纳兰和皇家蜂于1971年在世界上领先男子双打队伍，赢得了著名的全英冠军，以及丹麦，加拿大和美国公开赛冠军。

虽然可能不太一致，比他在单打双打中，古纳兰是能够发挥它的最高水平。他在1974年达到了全英男单决赛，在三个势均力敌的比赛中失去标志性的鲁迪·哈托诺。他赢得了四年一度的亚运会单打于1970年，在1974.After四年一度的英联邦运动会作为一个球员在1974年退休古纳兰在各种他就职于马来西亚队的教练，在马来西亚羽毛球协会的一位官员作为官方国际羽毛球联合会（现为羽毛球世界联合会）。

古纳兰2012年8月15日从重大疾病患去世年龄68。

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Rudy Hartono (Indonesia) vs Punch Gunalan (Malaysia) in the 1974 All England MS Final. 1st game won by Gunalan. 2nd game won by Hartono even though Gunalan took a huge lead of 14-7. Now, enjoy the 3rd game

鲁迪·哈托诺（印度尼西亚）VS冲古纳兰（马来西亚）在1974年全英MS决赛。第一次比赛，赢得了古纳兰。第二场比赛由哈托诺赢得即使古纳兰了一个14-7巨大的领先优势。现在，享受第三场比赛