Photo: Xia Xuanze coached Chen Long in Olympics Games 2012.jpg: Ian Patterson / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Xia Xuanze

夏煊澤　/　か・けんたく

Badminton player from People's Republic of China

January 5, 1979 (age 47)　・　Rui'an, People's Republic of China

badminton player
badminton coach
Olympic competitor

My Take

What strikes me about Xia Xuanze is the quiet weight of singles badminton. Born in Rui'an in 1979, he carried an entire court alone to an Olympic bronze in 2000 and a world title in 2003. Singles is a brutally solitary discipline, and rising to the top of it demands a kind of self-reliance most of us never test. What I admire even more is the second act: turning from champion to national-team coach. Athletes who win at the highest level rarely become the ones who patiently hand that knowledge down. He did, and that choice tells me as much about the man as any medal does.

Overview

Xia Xuanze (born 5 January 1979) is a former badminton player from China who played singles at the world level from the late 1990s through the first few years of the 21st century. Now he is a singles coach for the national team of China.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Xia Xuanze
Name (Japanese): 夏煊澤
Reading: か・けんたく
Born: January 5, 1979 (age 47)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Goat
Origin: Rui'an, People's Republic of China
Blood type: Private
Height: 178 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: badminton player / badminton coach / Olympic competitor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2000 Olympic bronze medal
2003 world champion
Asian champion

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%8F%E7%85%8A%E6%BE%A4

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