Xie Zhongbo (; born 22 May 1983) is a former
Chinese
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badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player from
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
and raised in
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
. After retired from the international tournament, he works as badminton coach in Sichuan.
Career
A doubles specialist on the world circuit, Xie has regularly partnered
Guo Zhendong
Guo Zhendong (; born 4 August 1984) is a badminton player from China. , he (along with his partner Xu Chen) was ranked within the top 10 male badminton doubles teams in the world. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
Career
A men's ...
in men's doubles and
Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen (; born 9 March 1985) is a badminton player from China.
Career
Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either Zhang Dan, ...
in mixed doubles over the past several years. Xie and Guo have won the
Polish International The Polish International in badminton is an international open held in Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area ...
(2004), the
China Masters The Fuzhou China Open, formerly known as China Masters, is an annual badminton tournament held in China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. In 2014 the level of the tournament was downgraded to BWF Grand Prix Gold because, ...
(2005), and the
India Open
The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgr ...
(2008) together. They were quarter-finalists at
2007 BWF World Championships, and at the
2008 Beijing Olympics narrowly lost to the eventual gold medalists, Indonesia's
Markis Kido
Markis Kido (11 August 1984 – 14 June 2021) was an Indonesian badminton player and one of the world's leading in men's doubles discipline. He won the discipline's gold medal at the 2006 World Cup, 2007 World Championships, 2008 Olympic Games ...
and
Hendra Setiawan
Hendra Setiawan (born 25 August 1984) is an Indonesian badminton player. He is an Olympic Games gold medalist, four-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time All England champion. With these achievements, Setiawan has ...
, in the round of sixteen.
Xie has had greater success in mixed doubles. He and Zhang have captured eight titles internationally since the beginning of 2005. They were silver medalists at the
2005 IBF World Championships, losing the gold to Indonesia's
Nova Widianto
Andreas Nova Widianto (born 10 October 1977) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He is currently the Indonesia national team mixed doubles head coach.
Career
Nova Widianto is considered one of the greatest doubles player in his era. He i ...
and
Lilyana Natsir
Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tre ...
, and were bronze medalists at the
2007 edition of the tournament.
Xie is a member of
China's world champion Thomas Cup
The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships ha ...
(men's international) team. At 1.88 meters and solidly built, he is one of the biggest men currently playing the game at the world level.
He retired from the competitive international badminton in January 2010.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
''Mixed doubles''
World Cup
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Games
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Championships
''Mixed doubles''
World Junior Championships
''Boys' doubles''
Asian Junior Championships
''Boys' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in
2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by
Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as
Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,
with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...
tournament
:
BWF Superseries Premier tournament
:
BWF Superseries
The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007.
Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...
tournament
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the
Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
IBF International
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Badminton players from Hunan
Chinese male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of China
Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Chinese badminton coaches