Ding Qiqing (; born May 28, 1962) whose Japanese name is is a Chinese former badminton player and one of the main coach of Japanese National Badminton Team.

Career

Born in

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, Ding started playing badminton at the age of 9 and joined the Chinese national team in 1981. In 1985, Ding partnered with

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to win the men's doubles titles at the German Open and the Swedish Open. Ding was selected for the 1986 Thomas Cup squad. In the final against Indonesia, Ding lost the second men's singles match to

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. Despite this loss, the Chinese national team won the Thomas Cup 3-2. Ding also participated in the

1986 Asian Games The 1986 Asian Games (), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1986 (), were held from 20 September to 5 October 1986, in Seoul, South Korea. The venues and facilities of the 10th Asiad were the sa ...

, where he won bronze in the men's doubles event and silver in the men's team event. In 1987, Ding retired prematurely due to a waist injury sustained during training.

Post-Retirements and Coaching Careers

After his retirement, Ding pursued his studies at

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in Japan from 1989 and graduated in 1992. In 2000, having adopted the Japanese name "Kei Nakashima", he changed his nationality and became a coach of the Japanese national team, following several years as a part-time coach for local Japanese badminton clubs. Nakashima achieved his first major coaching success when the women's doubles pair he coached,

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, won a bronze medal at the

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. A few years later, Nakashima coached the prominent Japanese women's doubles pair of

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, who won five All Japan Badminton Championships titles, the bronze medal at the

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, and another bronze medal at the 2007 IBF World Championships. Nakashima's coaching led to further success when

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won a silver medal at the

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. His coaching efforts culminated in Japan's first Olympic gold medal in badminton at the

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, when

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secured the women's doubles title. After the match, Matsutomo thanked Nakashima, saying "If the Japanese badminton team did not have him, we would not be where we are today".

Achievements

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ding, Qiqing 1962 births Living people People from Hangzhou Badminton players from Zhejiang Chinese male badminton players Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China 20th-century Chinese sportsmen