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]
Fu came to Singapore in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen in 2007 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[2]
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.
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]
Fu was awarded the Singapore's Sportswoman of the Year award in 2012.[6]
Women's singles
Girls' doubles
Girls' singles
Girls' doubles
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
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Ballarat International | Huang Chia-chi | 8–21, 21–13, 21–15 | Winner | |
2007 | Waikato International | Gu Juan | 21–14, 21–17 | Winner | |
2012 | Singapore International | Xing Aiying | 10–21, 8–21 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Croatian International | Zhang Beiwen | Frances Liu Shinta Mulia Sari | Walkover | Runner-up | |
2013 | Singapore International | Vanessa Neo | Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei | 21–19, 15–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament