Lianne Tan Explained

Lianne Tan
Country:Belgium
Birth Date:1990 11, df=y
Birth Place:Bilzen, Belgium
Height:1.63 m[1]
Weight:54 kg
Handedness:Right
Event:Women's singles
Highest Ranking:34
Date Of Highest Ranking:27 September 2022
Current Ranking:55
Date Of Current Ranking:23 July 2024
Bwf Id:15A49408-9066-4EB1-B2D7-8B9CEA0E4511
Career Record:250 wins, 238 losses

Lianne Tan (born 20 November 1990) is a Belgian badminton player.[2] She competed for Belgium at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio,[3] and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[4] [5] She was selected to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics, together with her brother Yuhan.[6] In 2015, she won the silver medal in the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[7]

Personal life

Tan's father, Hank Tan, is Indonesian Chinese, while her mother, Maria Meyers, is Belgian (Flemish), and a native of Bilzen.[8] [9] Her parents met when her father came to Belgium to study dentistry.[9]

Achievements

European Games

Women's singles

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008Slovenian International Linda Zetchiri15–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2009Slovenian International Maja Tvrdy10–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2009Spanish Open Sayali Gokhale9–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2010Slovenian International Maja Tvrdy21–16, 21–16 Winner
2011Cyprus International Tatjana Bibik13–21, 21–18, 18–11 retired Winner
2014Morocco International Kate Foo Kune7–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8 Winner
2015Romanian International Chloe Birch11–7, 11–7, 12–10 Winner
2015Dutch International Soraya de Visch Eijbergen21–17, 21–18 Winner
2015Kazakhstan International Evgeniya Kosetskaya17–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2015Morocco International Nanna Vainio15–21, 24–22, 21–8 Winner
2016Estonian International Marija Ulitina21–19, 21–14 Winner
2016Tahiti International Moe Araki17–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018Suriname International Daniela Macías21–10, 21–6 Winner
2019Brazil International Linda Zetchiri17–21, 21–12, 13–4 retired Winner
2019Azerbaijan International Phittayaporn Chaiwan15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2022Welsh International Yvonne Li17–21, 12–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tan Lianne . . 25 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Lianne Tan biography . . 9 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Lianne Tan . Rio 2016 . 17 December 2016 . 25 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161125183930/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/lianne-tan . dead .
  4. Web site: Lianne Tan . . 17 December 2016.
  5. Web site: JO 2020: la Belge Lianne Tan assurée de son billet pour les Jeux de Tokyo . Olympic Games 2020: Belgian Lianne Tan guaranteed her ticket for the Tokyo Games . Le Soir . 28 May 2021 . 15 July 2021 . fr . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210528192022/https://www.lesoir.be/374932/article/2021-05-28/jo-2020-la-belge-lianne-tan-assuree-de-son-billet-pour-les-jeux-de-tokyo . 28 May 2021.
  6. News: London 2012: Brother and sister create badminton history . . 17 December 2016.
  7. Web site: Athletes: Lianne Tan . Baku 2015 . 17 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220160419/http://www.baku2015.com/athletes/athlete=tan-lianne-1021741/index.html?intcmp=athletes-hub . 20 December 2016 . usurped .
  8. Web site: Rahmawan . Firda . Profil Lianne Tan, si Cantik Korban Gregoria Mariska yang Berdarah Indonesia . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230314134444/https://www.inews.id/sport/all-sport/profil-lianne-tan-si-cantik-korban-gregoria-mariska-yang-berdarah-indonesia . 14 March 2023 . 28 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Cobbaert . Paul . Vice-Europees kampioene badminton Lianne Tan: “Ik maak het mezelf moeilijk” . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230314134717/https://www.dezondag.be/de-zondag/sport/vice-europees-kampioene-badminton-lianne-tan/ . 14 March 2023 . 9 April 2016.