Haifeng County

Haifeng County (postal: Hoifung; simplified Chinese: 海丰县; traditional Chinese: 海豐縣; pinyin: Hǎifēng Xiàn) is a county of Shanwei prefecture, southeastern Guangdong Province, Southern china.

The dialects spoken in Haifeng are Hoklo and Hakka.

Fu Haifeng

Fu Haifeng (born August 23, 1983 in Jieyang, Guangdong) is a Chinese badminton player from China.

Family

Fu's grandfather was from Liancheng, Fujian. He migrated to Indonesia. During the 1960s anti-Chinese riots in Indonesia, his grandfather moved back to China and settle in Jieyang, Guangdong.

Sport career

Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They have won numerous top tier events on the world circuit including the venerable All England Open Championships in 2005 and 2009 and the BWF World Championships in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Cai and Fu have helped China win five consecutive Thomas Cup (Men’s Team World Badminton Championships) (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012) and four consecutive Sudirman Cup (World Team Championships) (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011). Cai and Fu also competed together in the Olympic games 3 times, including the 2004, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2012 Olympic Games. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals in 2004, and in 2008 in Beijing were silver medalists, losing a close final to Indonesia's Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan.

Cai Yun

Cai Yun (born January 19, 1980 in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a male badminton player from China.

Sport career

Combining Cai Yun's impressive speed with his regular partner Fu Haifeng's impressive power, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They have won numerous top tier events on the world circuit including the venerable All England Open Championships in 2005 and 2009. They have won the BWF World Championships 4 times in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011, becoming the first Men's Doubles pair to achieve this feat. Cai and Fu have helped China win five consecutive Thomas Cup (Men’s Team World Badminton Championships) (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012) and six consecutive Sudirman Cup (World Team Championships) (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015). Cai and Fu also competed together in the Olympic games 3 times, including the 2004, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2012 Olympic Games. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals in 2004, and in 2008 in Beijing were silver medalists, losing a close final to Indonesia's Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan.

Singapore Open

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Lee Yong-dae

Lee Yong-dae (Hangul: 이용대; Hanja: 李龍大; born September 11, 1988 in Hwasun, Jeollanam-do) is a male badminton player from South Korea and is renowned for being a doubles specialist. He has ranked #1 in Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles with 4 different partners, and has currently a total of 42 Superseries titles. His current partners are Yoo Yeon-seong in men's doubles and Lee so hee in mixed doubles. Lee Yong-dae Real Instagram @yongdae88.

Early life

Lee Yong Dae started playing badminton at his local elementary school at the age of 8, taking up the sport to lose weight. His youth club is Samsung Electromechanics. He joined the national badminton team of South Korea in 2003, at the age of 15 years.

Career

2003

Lee participated in the OCBC/Yonex US Open, where he played in both the Men Doubles and Singles category. For both events, he was ousted in the second round.

2004

Lee started off 2004 with the French Open International, where he played the men singles, men doubles (with Jung Jung Yong) and mixed doubles (with Kang Hae Won) category. In the Mixed Doubles event, the pair managed to reach the semi-finals, before losing to the Russians. He also participated in several tournaments without much results. In the Vietnam Satellite, he reached the quarter-finals in the Mixed Doubles category, partnering Oh Seul Ki.