Huang Zhanzhong (; born 5 November 1968) is a Chinese

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. He won the men's doubles title at the 1995 Asian Cup, and was part of Chinese team that won the

1990 Asian Games ) , nations = 31 , athletes = 6,122 , events = 308 in 27 sports , opening = 22 September 1990 , closing = 7 October 1990 , opened_by = Yang Shangkun , closed_by = Roy de Silva , athlete_oath = Chen L ...

and

1995 Sudirman Cup The 1995 Sudirman Cup was the fourth tournament of the World Mixed Team Badminton Championships. It was held from May 17 to May 20, 1995 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Results 49 teams participated in this edition of Sudirman Cup. Nigeria entered but ...

. Huang competed in the men's doubles tournament at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Career

Huang is a

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, Zhejiang natives, who started to know sport since he was in elementary school. His skills were discovered during a badminton talent identification program by Zhejiang province team in 1979, when he was 11 years old. Although he started the training from the basics, Huang immediately shown a good progress in the men's doubles, and then after won some national tournaments, he was selected to join national team in Beijing in 1989. Huang reached his first Grand Prix tournament finals at the 1989 China Open with his partner

Zheng Yumin Zheng Yumin (, born 14 August 1967) is a former Chinese badminton player. Career Zheng Yumin, born in Fujian, is the younger brother of Zheng Yuli Zheng Yuli (, born 1963) is a retired female badminton player from China. Career She earne ...

, but the duo defeated by Malaysian pair Jalani and

Razif Sidek Mohamed Razif Mohd Sidek (born 29 May 1962) is a former badminton player from Malaysia and coach. Personal life He is the second eldest of the five Sidek brothers. Razif and his siblings gained exposure about badminton sport from their fathe ...

in rubber games. He later helps Chinese team won the 1989 Asian Championships held in Shanghai, beating Indonesian team 5–0, then the men's team event at the

defeating Malaysian team 5–0. In 1991, Huang reached four Grand Prix tournament finals in

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, and

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, and then won his first title in

Denmark Open The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Badminton Denmark. The Denmark Open was part of the BWF Super Series Premier from 2011 to 2017. BWF categorised it as one ...

. Huang and Zheng Yumin were qualified to compete at the World Grand Prix Finals, advanced to final round, but lost again to Jalani and Razif Sidek of Malaysia. In December 1991, he and Zheng also won a bronze medal at the Asian Cup after lost the semifinals match to

Rexy Mainaky Rexy Ronald Mainaky (born 9 March 1968) is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja. As of October 2021, he was appoin ...

and

Ricky Subagja Ricky Subagja (born 27 January 1971) is a former Indonesian badminton player. He was rated among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history. Career In 1993 the fast moving, faster hitting Subagja won men's doubles at the then bienni ...

of Indonesia. In 1992, Huang won a silver medal at the Asian Championships in the men's doubles event with Zheng Yumin. Unfortunately, he and Zheng failed to qualified at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, since their points were not enough to be able to take part at that Games. He then could not give his best in the rest tournament after the Olympic Games, without a single title, only finished as finalists in Hong Kong and Thailand Open. In 1993, Huang won his second Grand Prix men's doubles title at the Korea Open with Zheng Yumin. He then participated at the East Asian Games held in Shanghai, won a gold in the men's team and a silver medal in the men's doubles with Liu Di. In 1994, he won the

China Open China Open may refer to: *China Open (snooker), a professional snooker tournament *China Open (tennis), a professional tennis tournament on the ATP World Tour and WTA Tour *China Open (badminton), an annual badminton tournament * China Open (squash) ...

with his new partner

Jiang Xin Jiang Xin (; born 8 May 1983), also known by her English name Rulu Jiang, is a Chinese actress. Jiang ranked 56 on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 in 2017. Life and career Jiang Xin entered Zhengzhou City's Children Arts Group at the age of 7 ...

, and won bronze medals at Asian Championships and

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. In 1995, he and Jiang Xin won the Asian Cup, China Open, Thailand Open, and was a member of Chinese winning team at the

Sudirman Cup The Sudirman Cup is an international badminton mixed team competition contested by member countries of the Badminton World Federation, the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every two years since the inaugural tourn ...

. After retired from the national team, he works as a coach in Zhejiang team.

Achievements

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Cup

''Men's doubles''

East Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

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

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