Fu Mingtian

{{Infobox badminton player

| name = Fu Mingtian
伏明天

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| country = Singapore

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|06|27}}

| birth_place = Wuhan, Hubei China

| height = 1.65 m

| weight = 56 kg

| event = Women's singles

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| handedness = Right

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| highest_ranking = 25

| date_of_highest_ranking = 12 January 2012

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Fu Mingtian ({{zh|c=伏明天}}; born 27 June 1990) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player.{{cite web |title=Mingtian Fu Biography |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/badminton/1009298/mingtian_fu.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810120958/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/badminton/1009298/mingtian_fu.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=10 August 2014 |publisher=Glasgow 2014 |access-date=11 May 2017}}

Early life

Fu came to Singapore in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen in 2007 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.{{cite news |title=Steel Magnolia |url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20120606-350954.html |publisher=AsiaOne |access-date=1 August 2012}}

Career

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.{{cite news |title=SEA Games Badminton: Fu Mingtian captures Singapore's first ever women's singles gold |url=https://www.redsports.sg/2011/11/20/sea-games-badminton-fu-mingtian-womens-singles-gold/ |publisher=Red Sports |access-date=11 May 2017}} Despite Fu's achievements, she was not selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Gu Juan was selected.{{cite news | url=http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/olympics/Story/A1Story20120723-360837.html | title=Out to make the most of her Olympic stop | publisher=AsiaOne | access-date=1 August 2012}}

After retirement from competitive badminton, Fu became a coach with the Singapore Badminton Association. She resigned from her coach position in 2017.

Personal life

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.{{cite news |title=Badminton: Chief coach Chua, assistant national coach Fu quit SBA |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/badminton-coaches-quit |newspaper=The Straits Times |access-date=14 September 2018}}

Awards

Fu was awarded the Singapore's Sportswoman of the Year award in 2012.{{cite web |title=Singapore Sports Awards |url=http://www.singaporeolympics.com/singapore-sports-awards/ |publisher=Singapore National Olympic Council |access-date=13 February 2022}}

Achievements

= Southeast Asian Games =

Women's singles

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! Year

! Venue

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2011

| align="left" | Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Adriyanti Firdasari

| align="left" | 14–21, 21–12, 22–20

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

= BWF World Junior Championships =

Girls' doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2008

| align="left" | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Badminton Hall,
Pune, India

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SIN}} Yao Lei

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Xie Jing
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhong Qianxin

| align="left" | 21–19, 21–17

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

= Asian Junior Championships =

Girls' singles

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! Year

! Venue

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2007

| align="left" | Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Xin

| align="left" | 22–24, 11–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

Girls' doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2007

| align="left" | Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SIN}} Yao Lei

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Richi Puspita Dili
{{flagicon|INA}} Debby Susanto

| align="left" | |10–21, 17–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

= BWF Grand Prix =

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

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! Year

! Tournament

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2011

| align="left" | Vietnam Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaori Imabeppu

| align="left" | 21–18, 16–21, 21–8