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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tian.
| Tian Bingyi |
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| Personal information |
| Date of birth |
July 4, 1963 (1963-07-04) (age 44) |
| Men's doubles |
| Country |
 China |
Tian Bingyi (Chinese: 田秉毅; born July 4, 1963) is a former badminton star for China who specialized in men's doubles.
[edit] Career
From the mid 1980's to the early 1990's Tian and his regular partner Li Yongbo won numerous international titles. They were contemporaries and rivals of the famous Korean team of Park Joo-bong and Kim 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[1] [2]. 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.
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