Zhao Jianhua () (born 21 April 1965) is a Chinese former

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 p ...

player who competed internationally from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He was admired for his speed and power as well as for his deception and technique.

Career

Zhao won the

1991 IBF World Championships The 1991 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1991. Host city selection Copenhagen and Hong Kong submitted bids to host the championships. Venue *Brøndby Arena Medalists Medal table ...

in singles, beating

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in the final. He also won a bronze medal at the 1987 IBF World Championships. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious All England singles title (1985, 1990), and won the quadrennial

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

title on both occasions (

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) that he contested it, defeating his fellow countryman Yang Yang in the final on each occasion. He was 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) teams in 1988, and

. Zhao Jianhua competed in

badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's do ...

in men's singles and was seeded #1. In the first round he had a bye, and in the second round he defeated Darren Hall from Great Britain. In the round of 16 Zhao beat Deepankar Bhattacharya from India and in quarterfinals he lost to

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from Indonesia 15–2, 14–17, 17–14. He is currently the head coach of Guangxi Province Badminton Club.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's singles''

World Cup

''Men's singles''

Asian Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

IBF World Grand Prix (9 titles, 8 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's singles''

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhao, Jianhua 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Nantong Badminton players from Jiangsu Chinese male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of China Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games World No. 1 badminton players