Zhao Jianhua

Zhao Jianhua, born on 21 April 1965, is a Chinese former badminton player who competed internationally from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s and was admired for his speed, power, deception and technique. He won the men's singles at the 1991 IBF World Championships, beating Alan Budikusuma in the final, after a bronze medal at the 1987 championships. He won the All England singles title twice, in 1985 and 1990, and the Asian Games singles title in both 1986 and 1990, beating fellow Chinese player Yang Yang in the final each time. He was a member of China's world champion Thomas Cup teams of 1988 and 1990. Seeded first in men's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, he lost in the quarterfinals to Hermawan Susanto of Indonesia, and he is now head coach of the Guangxi Province Badminton Club.