Li Yongbo

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Li Yongbo (Chinese: 李永波; born September 18, 1962) is a retired Chinese male badminton player and now the head coach of Chinese National Badminton Team.

Career

As a player he was a men's doubles specialist noted for his quickness, reflexes , and power. From the mid 1980's to the early 1990's he shared numerous international titles with his regular partner Tian Bingyi. They were contemporaries and rivals of the famous Korean pair Park Joo-bong and Kim Moon-soo, largely dividing badminton's biggest doubles events between them for about eight seasons. Among many other tournaments around the world Li and Tian captured the (then biennial) World Championships in 1987 and 1989, the prestigious All-England Championships in 1987, 1988, and 1991, and the Danish Open in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, and 1991 [ [http://www.worldbadminton.net/worldchamp.asp#1987 :::Internationalbadminton.org::: ] ] [ [http://tangkis.tripod.com/prix/england/men_double.htm] ] [ [http://www.badminton.dk/Elite%20uk/Eliteafdelingen%20uk/Medaljer%20og%20vindere%20uk/Senior/Denmark%20Open%20uk.aspx Denmark Open ] ] . They also played on Chinese Thomas Cup (men's international) teams that won consecutive world team titles in 1986, 1988, and 1990. Late in their partnership they won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

References

External links

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIYON01 profile]