Personal informationBorn (1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 (age 35)Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)Weight56 kg (123 lb)SportCountrySingaporeSportBadmintonHandednessRightWomen’s singlesHighest ranking25 (12 January 2012)BWF profile
Fu Mingtian (Chinese: 伏明天; born 27 June 1990) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player.[1]
Fu came to Singapore in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen in 2007 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[2]
Fu became the first female Singaporean player to win the Southeast Asian Games women’s singles badminton gold medal in 2011 Southeast Asian 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 14-21, 21-12, 22-20.[3] Despite Fu’s achievements, she was not selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Gu Juan was selected.[4]
After retirement from competitive badminton, Fu became a coach with the Singapore Badminton Association. She resigned from her coach position in 2017.[5]
In 2017, Fu returned to China to marry another former Chinese shuttler who played for the Xiamen team. She expects to settle down in Xuzhou city, Jiangsu where her fiancé is from.[5]
Fu was awarded the Singapore’s Sportswoman of the Year award in 2012.[6]
Women’s singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2011 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Adriyanti Firdasari 14-21, 21-12, 22-20 Gold
Girls’ doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Badminton Hall,Pune, India Yao Lei Xie Jing Zhong Qianxin 21-19, 21-17 Gold
Girls’ singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2007 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Liu Xin 22-24, 11-21 Bronze
Girls’ doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yao Lei Richi Puspita Dili Debby Susanto |10-21, 17-21 Bronze
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women’s singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2011 Vietnam Open Kaori Imabeppu 21-18, 16-21, 21-8 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament
Women’s singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2007 Ballarat International Huang Chia-chi 8-21, 21-13, 21-15 Winner 2007 Waikato International Gu Juan 21-14, 21-17 Winner 2012 Singapore International Xing Aiying 10-21, 8-21 Runner-up
Women’s doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2005 Croatian International Zhang Beiwen Frances Liu Shinta Mulia Sari Walkover Runner-up 2013 Singapore International Vanessa Neo Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei 21-19, 15-21, 13-21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
- Fu Mingtian at BWFBadminton.com
- Fu Mingtian at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
- Fu Mingtian at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Fu Mingtian at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Fu Mingtian at InterSportStats
