Xie Zhongbo (; born 22 May 1983) is a former

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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

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and raised in

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. 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

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in men's doubles and

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in mixed doubles over the past several years. Xie and Guo have won the

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(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

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and

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, 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

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and

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, 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

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Xie, Zhongbo 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