Tang Yongshu

Tang Yongshu
Personal information
Birth name	Tang Yongshu
Country	Australia
Born	(1975-12-23) 23 December 1975 Chongqing, China
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Left
Women's Doubles & Mixed Doubles
Highest ranking	34 (WD) 20Nov 2014 215 (XD) 5 Dec 2013
Medal record Women's badminton Representing China Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Women's doubles World Championships 1997 Glasgow Women's doubles 1995 Lausanne Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1997 Glasgow Mixed team Uber Cup 1998 Hong Kong Women's team 1996 Hong Kong Women's team Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Women's team 1998 Bangkok Women's doubles Asia Championships 1998 Bangkok Women's doubles 1995 Beijing Women's doubles 1998 Bangkok Mixed doubles World Junior Championships 1992 Jakarta Girls' doubles Representing Australia Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Women's doubles Oceania Championships 2014 Ballarat Women's doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2014 Ballarat Mixed team
BWF profile

Tang Yongshu (Chinese: 唐永淑; born 23 December 1975), also known as Tang Hetian or He Tian Tang, is a Chinese female badminton player who competed internationally in the 1990s. She played for Australia in the 2000s.

Career

Specializing in women's doubles, Tang earned a bronze medal at the 1995 IBF World Championships and a silver medal at the 1997 IBF World Championships with her regular partner, Qin Yiyuan. Tang and Qin were also bronze medalists at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, yet they were overshadowed by fellow countrywomen Ge Fei and Gu Jun, the dominant women's doubles team of the day, who took gold at the latter two events. Tang won women's doubles at the 1995 Canadian Open in an unusual partnership with South Korea's Gil Young-ah (as players on the Chinese national squad rarely partner with foreign players). Tang and Qin won women's doubles at the 1997 Thailand Open and played together on the Chinese team that reclaimed the Uber Cup (women's world team championship trophy) from Indonesia in 1998.

Major achievements

Representing China.

Year	Venue/Tournament	Event	Result
Olympic Games
1996	Atlanta, USA	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	3
World Championships
1997	Glasgow, Scotland	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
1995	Lausanne, Switzerland	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	3
Sudirman Cup
1997	Glasgow, Scotland	Mixed team	1
Uber Cup
1998	Hong Kong	Women's team	1
1996	Hong Kong	Women's team	2
Asian Games
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Women's team	1
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	3
Asia Championships
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Mixed doubles with Chen Gang	3
1995	Beijing, China	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
World Junior Championships
1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Girls' doubles	2
IBF World Grand Prix
1998	Denmark Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	1
1998	Swedish Open	Mixed doubles with Chen Gang	2
1998	Japan Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
1997	U.S. Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	1
1997	Thailand Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	1
1997	China Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
1996	China Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	1

Representing Australia.

Year	Venue/Tournament	Event	Result
Commonwealth Games
2010	New Delhi, India	Women's doubles with Kate Wilson-Smith	3
Oceania Championships
2014	Ballarat, Australia	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	3
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
2014	Ballarat, Australia	Mixed team	1
BWF Grand Prix
2014	New Zealand Open	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	1
2009	Australian Open	Women's doubles with Huang Chia-chi	1
BWF International Challenge/Series
2014	Maribyrnong International	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	1
2013	Italian International	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	2
2013	Welsh International	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	1
2013	Victorian International	Mixed doubles with Robin Middleton	1
2010	Altona International	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	1

External links

• Yongshu Tang at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tang Yongshu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
• He Tian TANG at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com