Fu Mingtian

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Fu Mingtian
Personal information
Birth name 伏明天
Country  Singapore
Born (1990-06-27) June 27, 1990 (age 34)
Women's Singles
Highest ranking 25 (November 6, 2011)
Current ranking 28 (July 26, 2012 [1])
BWF profile

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Fu Mingtian (Chinese: 伏明天; born June 27, 1990) is a China born Singaporean badminton player.[2] Fu came to Singapore in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen in 2007 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[3]

Fu became the first female Singaporean player to win the Southeast Asian Games women's singles badminton Gold medal in 2011 at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia. She beat second-seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21–12, 21–18 en route to the Final match. In the Finals, she beat home favourite Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia 14–21, 21–12, 22–20.[4] She is currently ranked world number 26 in the latest Badminton World Federation listings.[5]

Despite Fu's achievements, she was not selected for 2012 Summer Olympics Games and Gu Juan was selected.[6]

References

  1. BWF World Ranking
  2. teamsingapore.com.sg
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  4. todayonline.com
  5. bwfbadminton.org
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