Tan Qiang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.

Tan Qiang
谭强
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 (age 26)
Nanjing, China
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired20 August 2024[1]
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking10 (MD with He Jiting, 23 July 2019)
156 (XD, 20 April 2017)
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

Tan Qiang (Chinese: 谭强; born 16 September 1998) is a Chinese badminton player.[2] 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.[3][4] In 2017, he became the runner-up at the China International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Xu Ya.[5] In 2023, he helped the national team win the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships,[6] and won the postponed Summer World University Games with Ren Xiangyu.[7]

Tan retired from international badminton on 20 August 2024.[1]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

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

World University Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Shuangliu Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chengdu, China 		China Ren Xiangyu China He Jiting
China Zhou Haodong 		23–21, 21–16 Gold Gold [7]

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

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

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

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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.[9]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 China He Jiting Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		27–25, 17–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 China He Jiting South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Seo Seung-jae 		21–18, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Vietnam Open Super 100 China Ren Xiangyu China He Jiting
China Zhou Haodong 		17–21, 21–18, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 China Ren Xiangyu India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty 		19–21, 22–24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Ruichang China Masters Super 100 China Zhou Haodong Chinese Taipei Chiang Chien-wei
Chinese Taipei Wu Hsuan-yi 		21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 China International China Xu Ya Japan Tomoya Takashina
Japan Rie Etoh 		7–11, 5–11, 11–13 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ a b ""各位，我先下船了" 刘雨辰深情告别". 中國報 China Press (in Chinese). 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Players: Tan Qiang". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. ^ "谭强 Tan Qiang 成绩". Badmintoncn (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. ^ "China Dominates Badminton Asia Junior Championships". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Asia Mixed Team Championships: China reign again". bwfsudirmancup.com. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b "University Games: China dominate individual events". BWF. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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