Fu Mingtian

Fu Mingtian
Personal information
Birth name 伏明天
Country  Singapore
Born (1990-06-27) June 27, 1990
Women's Singles
Highest ranking 25 (November 6, 2011)
Current ranking 28 (July 26, 2012 [1])
Medal record
Women's badminton
Competitor for  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
2011 Indonesia Women's singles
World Junior Championships
2008 Pune Girls doubles
BWF profile
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fu.

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
  3. ↑ "Steel Magnolia". AsiaOne. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ todayonline.com
  5. ↑ bwfbadminton.org
  6. ↑ "Out to make the most of her Olympic stop". AsiaOne. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
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