- Tian Bingyi
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event = Men's doubles
country = CHN
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bwf_id =Tian Bingyi ( _zh. 田秉毅; born
July 4 ,1963 ) is a formerbadminton star for China who specialized in men's doubles.Career
From the mid 1980's to the early 1990s Tian and his regular partner
Li Yongbo won numerous international titles. They were contemporaries and rivals of the famous Korean team ofPark Joo-bong andKim Moon-soo , almost equally dividing badminton's biggest men's doubles championships between them for about eight seasons. Among many tournaments around the world Tian and Li captured consecutive World Championships in 1987 and 1989, the prestigious All-England Championship in 1987, 1988, and 1991, and five Danish Opens between 1984 and 1991 [ [http://worldbadminton.net/worldchamp.asp#1987 :::Internationalbadminton.org::: ] ] [ [http://tangkis.tripod.com/prix/england/men_double.htm] ] . they also played on ChineseThomas 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 the1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.Tian is married to
Zhou Jihong , a famous diver and Olympic champion.References
External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TIANBIN01 profile]
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