Fu Mingtian Explained

Fu Mingtian
伏明天
Country:Singapore
Birth Date:1990 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Wuhan, Hubei China
Height:1.65 m
Weight:56 kg
Event:Women's singles
Handedness:Right
Highest Ranking:25
Date Of Highest Ranking:12 January 2012
Bwf Id:AC1BA2EF-3EE2-4C07-B169-7340B47E432D

Fu Mingtian (; born 27 June 1990) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player.[1]

Early life

Fu came to Singapore in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen in 2007 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[2]

Career

Fu became the first female Singaporean player to win the Southeast Asian Games women's singles badminton gold medal in 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia. She beat second-seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21–12, 21–18 en route to the final match. In the finals, she beat home favourite Adriyanti Firdasari 14–21, 21–12, 22–20.[3] Despite Fu's achievements, she was not selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Gu Juan was selected.[4]

After retirement from competitive badminton, Fu became a coach with the Singapore Badminton Association. She resigned from her coach position in 2017.

Personal life

In 2017, Fu returned to China to marry another former Chinese shuttler who played for the Xiamen team. She expects to settle down in Xuzhou city, Jiangsu where her fiancé is from.[5]

Awards

Fu was awarded the Singapore's Sportswoman of the Year award in 2012.[6]

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Women's singles

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Girls' doubles

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2007Ballarat International Huang Chia-chi8–21, 21–13, 21–15 Winner
2007Waikato International Gu Juan21–14, 21–17 Winner
2012Singapore International Xing Aiying10–21, 8–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Croatian International Zhang Beiwen Frances Liu
Shinta Mulia Sari
Walkover Runner-up
2013Singapore International Vanessa Neo Shinta Mulia Sari
Yao Lei
21–19, 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mingtian Fu Biography . Glasgow 2014 . 11 May 2017.
  2. News: Steel Magnolia . . 1 August 2012.
  3. News: SEA Games Badminton: Fu Mingtian captures Singapore's first ever women's singles gold . Red Sports . 11 May 2017.
  4. News: Out to make the most of her Olympic stop . . 1 August 2012.
  5. News: Badminton: Chief coach Chua, assistant national coach Fu quit SBA . The Straits Times . 14 September 2018.
  6. Web site: Singapore Sports Awards . . 13 February 2022.