Belgian badminton player
Badminton player
Yuhan Tan 谭雨涵 Country Belgium Born (1987-04-21 ) April 21, 1987 (age 37) Bilzen , Belgium Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 74 kg (163 lb) Handedness Left Highest ranking 46 (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]
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
Year
Tournament
Opponent
Score
Result
2015
USA International
Emil Holst
16–21, 20–22
Runner-up
2015
Turkey International
Misha Zilberman
12–21, 21–13, 21–18
Winner
2015
Dutch International
Anders Antonsen
11–21, 20–22
Runner-up
2014
Morocco International
Pedro Martins
8–11, 10–11, 10–11
Runner-up
2013
Turkey International
Iztok Utrosa
21–11, 21–12
Winner
2012
Austrian International
Przemyslaw Wacha
21–14, 15–21, 16–21
Runner-up
2011
Brazil International
Przemyslaw Wacha
14–21, 19–21
Runner-up
2010
Hungarian International
Ville Lang
20–22, 16–21
Runner-up
2008
Giraldilla International
Raju Rai
21–19, 21–19
Winner
2006
Cyprus International
Peter Mikkelsen
15–21, 21–17, 14–21
Runner-up
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
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