Tang Xianhu is an Indonesia-born Chinese former badminton player and coach.
24 Facts About Tang Xianhu
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Tang Xianhu won the Asian Games men's team gold in 1974 and mixed doubles gold in 1978.
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Tang Xianhu was born of Chinese descent in Kotabumi, Lampung Province, Dutch East Indies, on 13 March 1942.
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Tang Xianhu is the third of four children in the family.
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Tang Xianhu started playing badminton with his family when he was eight years old.
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Tang Xianhu continued to play badminton and became one of Indonesia's top junior players in the 1950s.
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Tang Xianhu was later recommended to Wang Wenjiao who was recruiting members for the Fujian badminton team in China at the time.
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In 1963, China and Indonesia joined some countries to hold the Games of the New Emerging Forces in Jakarta and Tang Xianhu was able to participate in the international competition for the first time and won the men's singles and the men's team gold medals.
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In 1965, Tang Xianhu visited Denmark with the Chinese badminton team and played friendly matches with the Danish team.
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In 1966, Tang Xianhu won three titles, men's team, men's doubles and men's singles at the Asian Games of the New Emerging Forces in Cambodia.
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From 1963 to 1975, Tang Xianhu was known to be undefeated in international competitions.
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In 1978, in addition to winning the men's team and men's doubles silver medals at the 8th Asian Games, Tang Xianhu won the mixed doubles gold medal with Zhang Ailing.
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In 1979, Tang Xianhu retired from competitive badminton at the age of 37 because of his old age, lack of physical capacity as well as already had successors in place.
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In 1981, Tang Xianhu returned to the national team as the women's team coach.
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Tang Xianhu led the women's team to win the 1984 and 1986 Uber Cup, as well as the 1986 Asian Games women's team event.
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In 1986, Tang Xianhu went back to Indonesia to take care of his aging parents.
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Tang Xianhu started coaching at Club Pelita Jaya before being hired as the head coach of the Indonesian national team in 1988.
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Tang Xianhu first returned to Fujian as the head coach of the Fujian Provincial Team.
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In 2002, Tang Xianhu switched to coaching the men's doubles after poor performances from the doubles players at the Thomas Cup competition held in May There, he groomed Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng to prepare for their successful 2004 Thomas Cup campaign.
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In 2007, Tang Xianhu started coaching Lin Dan and accompanied Lin through his stunning gold medal streak at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the 2009 World Championships in Hyderabad and the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
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In 2012, the 70-year-old Tang Xianhu returned to help the Chinese team prepare for the London Olympics after taking a short hiatus from the sport due to health problems.
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Tang Xianhu had a marriage before going to Indonesia to coach.
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Tang Xianhu's father died in 1996, and he returned to Fujian, China with his mother, wife and children the following year.
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Tang Xianhu was awarded the IBF Distinguished Service Award in 1986 and was inducted into the IBF Hall of Fame in 2002.