Wang Pengren () is a male former world level

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player from

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Career

He specialized in mixed doubles, winning almost all of his significant international titles partnership with

Shi Fangjing Shi Fangjing () is a former world level women's badminton player from China. Career A doubles specialist, Shi Fangjing won both women's doubles and mixed doubles at the Polish Open consecutively in 1985 and 1986, each with a different partner ...

. Though they had previously won together at the Polish Open in 1985, Wang and Shi were unexpected mixed doubles victors at the 1987 World Championships in

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. Proving this achievement to be no fluke, they subsequently captured a number of top-tier events, including the

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(1987, 1988), the

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(1988), the All-England Championships (1988),Betty Scheele, "The All England Championships", ''World Badminton'', June/July 1988, 16, 17. the

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(1988), and the

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(1989). In defense of their world title they were bronze medalists (semifinalists) at the 1989 edition of the

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. After this, both soon disappeared from the world circuit.

Notes

Chinese male badminton players Living people 1965 births Badminton players from Shanghai Badminton players at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{PRChina-badminton-bio-stub