Yuhan Tan

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Yuhan Tan
谭雨涵
Personal information
CountryBelgium
Born (1987-04-21) April 21, 1987 (age 37)
Bilzen, Belgium
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
HandednessLeft
Men's singles
Highest ranking46 (29 March 2012)
BWF profile

Yuhan Tan (born 21 April 1987 in Bilzen, Belgium) is a male left-handed badminton player and Orthopedic surgeon from Belgium. Born to a Chinese-Indonesian father and a Belgian mother, He is a 10 time Belgian Champion in the men's singles category which makes him the most successful men's singles athlete in Belgian history. In 2008 he was the 2nd youngest men's singles player to qualify for the 2008 Olympics according to the Badminton World Federation criteria. However the Belgian Olympic Committee did not select him and he was therefore not able to compete. Tan participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics and in the 2016 Summer Olympics together with his sister Lianne. [1]

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Tan studied Medicine at the University of Maastricht.

In 2013, Tan was elected as a member of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes' Commission. [2] In 2015, he was appointed as the Chairman of the BWF Athletes' Commission. In June 2015, he competed at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, before being eliminated at the quarter-finals. [3]

He competed for Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics in badminton. He lost to Misha Zilberman of Israel, 22-20 and 21-12, and did not advance to the Round of 16. [4] [5]

In 2017 Tan became the chairman of the Belgian Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission.

Personal life

Tan's father is Chinese Indonesian, while his mother, Maria Meyers, is Belgian (Flemish). His parents met in Belgium, where his father came to study dentistry. [6]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015 USA International Flag of Denmark.svg Emil Holst 16–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Turkey International Flag of Israel.svg Misha Zilberman 12–21, 21–13, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Dutch International Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Antonsen 11–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Morocco International Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Martins 8–11, 10–11, 10–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Turkey International Flag of Slovenia.svg Iztok Utrosa 21–11, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Austrian International Flag of Poland.svg Przemyslaw Wacha 21–14, 15–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Brazil International Flag of Poland.svg Przemyslaw Wacha 14–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Hungarian International Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lang 20–22, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Giraldilla International Flag of the United States.svg Raju Rai 21–19, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 Cyprus International Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Mikkelsen 15–21, 21–17, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
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References

  1. "Familie Tan kan naar de Spelen". www.roadtolondon.be (in Dutch).
  2. "Tan, Polii and Vittinghus Elected by Peers". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. "Lianne Tan Battles into Last-Four – Baku 2015 European Games Day 5". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. "The matches result of Yuhan TAN and Misha ZILBERMAN". Badonavi. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  5. "Singles' recap before Last 16". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe . Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  6. Van Nieuwenhove, Henk (16 August 2016). "Yuhan Tan uitgeschakeld in Rio". Artsenkrant. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023.