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Biography
Yuhan Tan (born 21 April 1987 in Bilzen, Belgium) is a male left-handed badminton player from Belgium. He is a 9 time Belgian Champion in the men's singles category which makes him the most successful men's singles athlete in Belgian history. In 2008 he was the 2nd youngest men's singles player to qualify for the 2008 Olympics according to the Badminton World Federation criteria. However the Belgian Olympic Committee didn't select him and he was therefore not able to compete. Tan participated, together with his sister Lianne, in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Yuhan is also a medical student at the University of Maastricht.
In 2013, Tan was elected as a member of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes' Commission. In 2015, he was appointed as the Chairman of the BWF Athletes' Commission.
He competed for Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics in badminton. He lost in the first round to Misha Zilberman of Israel, 22-20 and 22-12, went 0-2 in his group, and did not advance to the Round of 16.
Achievements
- Results
- National Champion singles
- 5th place European Championships, France
- Results 2015
- National Champion singles
- 5th place of Baku 2015 European Games
- 1 st place Turkish International, Istanbul
- 2nd place USA International, Orlando
- 3rd place Welsh International, Cardiff
- Results 2014
- National Champion singles
- 17th place world championships
- 9th place European championships
- Results 2013
- National Champion singles
- 1st place Turkey International
- Results 2012
- National Champion singles
- 2nd place Austria Challenge
- 33rd place London Olympics
- Results 2011
- 2nd place Canada International
- 2nd place Brazil International
- 3rd place Norway International
- Tournamentsoftware. "Austria International".
- De Morgen (25 September 2011). "Yuhan Tan verliest finale".