Ho Koh Chye

Who was Ho Koh Chye?

Ho Koh Chye was a Malaysian Olympic Hockey goalie who died at a hospital in Kelana Jaya.

Ho represented the Malaysian hockey team in the Jakarta Asian Games in 1962, in Tokyo during the 1964 Olympics, Bangkok Asian Games in 1966 and the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968.

Ho also coached the Malaysian squad to a fourth placing in the 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, the national hockey team’s best-ever result to date. Bangkok Asian Games in 1966 and the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968.

His last post before retiring in 1992 was International Preparation Division director. He had also served as the deputy contingent head to the Asian Games in Hiroshima in 1994. Ho was Malaysian Chef-de-Mission to the Beijing Olympics in August 2008.

Ho leaves behind wife Datin Lee Siew Chan, a son and a daughter.