Zhao Jianhua

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao.

Zhao Jianhua
Personal information
Birth name	赵剑华
Date of birth	April 21, 1965 (1965-04-21) (age 43)
Place of birth	Jiangsu Province
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Men's singles
Country	China
Handedness	Left

Zhao Jianhua (Chinese:赵剑华) (born April 21, 1965) was a Chinese badminton player who is generally rated among the most talented that China has produced.

[edit] Career

Zhao won the 1991 IBF World Championships in singles, beating Alan Budikusuma 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). He was a member of China's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) teams in 1988, and 1990.

[edit] Summer Olympics

Zhao Jianhua competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 Hermawan Susanto from Indonesia 15-2, 14-17, 17-14.

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Singles	1991	Copenhagen, DEN
3	Singles	1987	Beijing, CHN
Thomas & Uber Cup
1	Team	1990	Tokyo, JPN
Asian Games
1	Singles	1986	Seoul, KOR
1	Singles	1990	Beijing, CHN
World Grand Prix
1	Singles	1985, 1990	All England Open
1	Singles	1986	Malaysia Open
1	Singles	1991	World Grand Prix finals
1	Singles	1992	Singapore Open
2	Singles	1992	All England Open