Tan Qiang (Chinese: 谭强; born 16 September 1998) is a Chinese badminton player.[1] In 2015, he won the bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Ren Xiangyu, and in 2016, won the silver medal partnered with He Jiting.[2][3] In 2017, he became the runner-up at the China International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Xu Ya.[4] In 2023, he helped the national team win the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships,[5] and won the postponed Summer World University Games with Ren Xiangyu.[6]

Tan Qiang
谭强
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 (age 25)
Nanjing, China
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking10 (MD with He Jiting, 23 July 2019)
156 (XD, 20 April 2017)
Current ranking21 (MD with Ren Xiangyu),
82 (MD with Zhou Haodong) (16 January 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  China
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Huelva Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Dubai Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Alor Setar Men's team
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bilbao Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bangkok Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Achievements edit

BWF World Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain   He Jiting   Takuro Hoki
  Yugo Kobayashi
12–21, 18–21   Silver

World University Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Shuangliu Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chengdu, China
  Ren Xiangyu   He Jiting
  Zhou Haodong
23–21, 21–16   Gold [6]

Asian Junior Championships edit

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
  Ren Xiangyu   Han Chengkai
  Zhou Haodong
21–12, 16–21, 18–21   Bronze
2016 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
  He Jiting   Han Chengkai
  Zhou Haodong
12–21, 17–21   Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Fuzhou China Open Super 750   He Jiting   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
27–25, 17–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300   He Jiting   Choi Sol-gyu
  Seo Seung-jae
21–18, 21–19   Winner
2022 Vietnam Open Super 100   Ren Xiangyu   He Jiting
  Zhou Haodong
17–21, 21–18, 21–8   Winner
2023 Swiss Open Super 300   Ren Xiangyu   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
  Chirag Shetty
19–21, 22–24   Runner-up
2024 Ruichang China Masters Super 100   Zhou Haodong   Chiang Chien-wei
  Wu Hsuan-yi
21–18, 21–15   Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up) edit

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 China International   Xu Ya   Tomoya Takashina
  Rie Etoh
7–11, 5–11, 11–13   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Tan Qiang". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. ^ "谭强 Tan Qiang 成绩". Badmintoncn (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ "China Dominates Badminton Asia Junior Championships". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2017中国(陵水)国际羽毛球挑战赛中国队夺三冠" (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Asia Mixed Team Championships: China reign again". bwfsudirmancup.com. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  6. ^ a b "University Games: China dominate individual events". BWF. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  7. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links edit