Tan Bin Shen Explained

Tan Bin Shen
陳斌生
Country:Malaysia
Birth Date:1984 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Selangor, Malaysia
Height:1.740NaN0
Event:Men's doubles
Handedness:Right
Highest Ranking:8
Bwf Id:4164EA44-92F8-48C4-B9A4-2EC199353F5A

Tan Bin Shen (; born 24 January 1984) is a former badminton player from Malaysia.[1] He assigned as Malaysia men's doubles national team coach in December 2020.[2]

Personal life

In his early years, Tan favoured chess and music. Tan began to play badminton at the age of 7. At the age of 12, Tan's potential was spotted by a Selangor coach, Moo Chien Keat. The coach asked Tan's father if he could take him as a student. After receiving the nod from his father, the coach began to train Tan. Four years later, due to his great achievements, Tan was then drafted into the national squad. Tan is married with Melissa Lee, a law graduate from Northumbria University in United Kingdom. In Year 2012 & 2016, both of them welcome a baby boy and a baby girl. Maxwell Tan Guan Liang, Maxine Tan Guan En.

Career

Tan Bin Shen played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Ong Soon Hock. They were seeded world #16. He was the winner at the 2009 Australia Open Grand Prix and previously training with Gan Teik Chai under the coaching of Razif Sidek from Malaysia.[3]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

BWF Grand Prix

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

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Gan Teik Chai Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
11–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2009Australian Open Gan Teik Chai Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Sanave Thomas
21–13, 21–11 Winner
2010India Grand Prix Gan Teik Chai Mohammad Ahsan
Bona Septano
21–19, 15–21, 14–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002India Satellite Ng Kean Kok Gan Teik Chai
Jeremy Gan
13–15, 5–15 Runner-up
2006Malaysia Satellite Ong Soon Hock Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Gan Teik Chai
24–26, 21–18, 21–15 Winner
2012Bulgarian International Robert Blair Andreas Heinz
Max Schwenger
21–10, 21–17 Winner
2012Turkey International Robert Blair Magnus Sahlberg
Mattias Wigardt
21–11, 21–15 Winner
2013Slovak Open Oliver Schaller Nikita Khakimov
Vasily Kuznetsov
9–21, 22–20, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Bin Shen Tan . bwfbadminton.com . Badminton World Federation . 4 January 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191214181410/https://bwfbadminton.com/player/50714/bin-shen-tan . 14 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Liem . Teik Huat . Bin Shen's back . www.thestar.com.my . 17 December 2020 . 4 January 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201218002024/https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2020/12/17/bin-shens-back . 18 December 2020.
  3. News: Been there, done that – Tan brings wealth of experience to BAM. The Star. 18 December 2020. 31 August 2022.