Fu Mingtian
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| Fu Mingtian | |||||||||||||
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| Birth name | 伏明天 | ||||||||||||
| Country |
 Singapore | ||||||||||||
| Born | June 27, 1990 | ||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 25 (November 6, 2011) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 28 (July 26, 2012 [1]) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fu.
Fu Mingtian (Chinese: 伏明天; born June 27, 1990) is a China born Singaporean badminton player.[2] Fu came to Singapore in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen in 2007 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[3]
Fu became the first Singaporean to win a Southeast Asian Games Gold medal in 2011 at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia. She beat second-seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-12, 21-18 en route to the Final match. In the Finals, she beat home favourite Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia 14-21, 21-12, 22-20.[4] She is currently ranked world number 26 in the latest Badminton World Federation listings.[5]
Despite Fu's achievements, she was not selected for 2012 Summer Olympics Games and Gu Juan was selected.[6]
References
- ↑ BWF World Ranking
- ↑ teamsingapore.com.sg
- ↑ "Steel Magnolia". AsiaOne. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ↑ todayonline.com
- ↑ bwfbadminton.org
- ↑ "Out to make the most of her Olympic stop". AsiaOne. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
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