Chen Fushou (; 10 January 1932 – 31 January 2020) was an Indonesian-born Chinese

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player and coach. He won gold medals at the

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(men's singles) and the 1st

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(men's doubles and mixed doubles). He later became the head coach of the China national women's badminton team, which won 25 team or individual world championships under his leadership, including two

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s (1984 and 1986).

Biography

Chen was born 10 January 1932 in the

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(now Indonesia), to an ethnic Chinese family with ancestral roots in

Tong'an Tong'an District () is a northern mainland district of Xiamen which faces Quemoy County, Republic of China. To the north is Anxi and Nan'an, and to the south is Jimei. Tong'an is also east of Lianxiang and Changqin to the West. It covers

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

. He was a member of the

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. In 1954, he and his close friend and teammate Wang Wenjiao decided to return to China, and became two of the founders of badminton in the country. In December 1956, the duo helped establish the Fujian provincial badminton team, the first badminton team in the People's Republic of China. They also wrote the first badminton textbook in China, which was published in 1957. In 1957, Chen won the men's singles gold medal at the

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. During the 1st

in 1959, he won the men's doubles gold medal with Wang Wenjiao and the mixed doubles gold medal with Chen Jiayan. However, as the People's Republic of China was not a member of the

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at the time, he never played for China internationally. Chen retired from his playing career in 1962 due to injuries and became a coach for the Fujian women's badminton team. In 1972, he was appointed the head coach of the China national women's badminton team. During his decades-long coaching career, he trained national and world champions including

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, Zhang Ailing, Liu Xia,

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, and Ye Zhaoying. He led the China national women's team to win 25 team or individual world championships. The team won the gold medal at the 7th, 8th, and 9th

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, as well as the

in 1984 and 1986. Between 1978 and 1990, Chen was awarded eight national sports medals. In 1989, he was voted one of the best coaches in the first four decades of the People's Republic of China. On 18 May 2002, the

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honoured him with the Distinguished Service Award. Chen died from a heart attack on 31 January 2020, aged 88.

References

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