Hi everyone, I am Luo Yigang, a badminton player in China national team. My contract with China national team will be end soon, and I am looking for new opportunities and challenges in this field in other countries, but I don't have connections abroad. Hope there will be someone who can help me and recommand to some opportunities. Thanks for your help. Below are some information about my records. Contact informatoin: Contact person: Adelle Ge Phone No: +86-13801111199 Email Address: adellege@sina.com Luo Yigang, the team member of China national badminton team. Born on December 18, 1976, 1.80 meters of height, weight is 67 kilograms. The player in Hunan. Men's singles ranks the third by world( the international feather is united , July 28, 1998). He begins to study the badminton at 9 years old, entered Hunan team at 13 years old, entered the second national team at the beginning of 1996, Enter national team's main player's ranks half a year later. The world ranks: In March of 1998, arranged the international feather and united the newest world of men's singles and ranked the 3rd. On April 1, 1998, arranged the international feather and united the newest world of men's singles and ranked the 3rd. On May 15, 1998, arranged the international feather and united world men's singles announced and latest ranked the 3rd. On July 8, 1998, arranged the international feather and united world men's singles announced and latest ranked the 3rd. On October 13, 1998, arranged the international feather and united world men's singles announced and latest ranked the 4th. On January 28, 1999, arranged the international feather and united world men's singles announced and latest ranked the 17th. In November of 1999, arranged the international feather and united the men's singles of world announced and latest ranked the 11th. Competition achievement: In March of 1998, joined the Swedish badminton open competition that held in Sweden, obtained the men singles champion. In March of 1998, participated in the 88th badminton open competition all over Britain that holds in Britain's Birmingham, Obtain man' s form Make the 3rd place. In April of 1998, participated in in the 1998 second station match of king's challenge match of Motorola Chinese badminton when Foochow held, Defeat prince's descendants Jun of day, carry off king's title. In December of 1998, participated in the badminton match of the 13th Asian Games that holds in Thailand's Bangkok, Cooperate with teammate , Obtain the 2nd place of men's team. In July of 1999, joined the badminton open competition that held in Malaysia, obtained the first place of men's singles. In January of 2000, participate in the S.Korean badminton open competition that holds in Korea S., obtain the third place of men's singles. In the year of 2002, obtained the men singles champion of French badminton open.
What about coaching me?? Hmmmmm, not sure. Did you want to continue your badminton at the International Badminton Academy, Denmark. Or was you more interested in coaching etc? Matt
Thanks for your reply, I would like to be a player to represent a club or a national team. For many years of professional badminton career, I am definitely sure about my ability to be a good player and a coach at the same time.
Yigang, I don't know what the rules are with China National team but you probably wouldn't be able to represent other countries until you have obtain your citizenship in that country and also no different representation in the last two years. Looks like your first step is to identify potential countries where you could continue to compete and then eventually represent the country (when qualified to do so). For example, Pi Hongyan with France. Tony G with the US. Hian/Limpele with the UK. So, depending which countries, I would say that there are opportunities abound. For myself, I would suggest Canada (since I would like to see Canada have some good successes on the International stage)
Hey yeah, Canada's national coach Gunther Huber is gone now, so we need someone else to fill the void... Phil
Should also ask former team mate Chen Gang and Zhu Wei Lun for further possible opportunities. i know the former no.1 player of Sichuan province (surname Yang) is in HK as a training partner to the HK squad. Luo Yi Gang also won the All China Games (men's singles) in 2001. That's like the Olympic games of China (very prestigious in China, only held every 4 years), and represented China in the Thomas Cup '98. (I was in the stands watching his match!)
http://www.badminton.ca/bcnews/2003/pr030503.html Wait, they didn't get rid of Gunther, they eliminated the position of high-performance director because of funding, and they will find something else for him to do or something. If a foreign coach would be willing to work for a lower salary, then we could still have a head coach/person/position. Phil
Denmark!! Hi Adelle!! I think there´ll be some clubs in Denmark who could be interested in getting Luo to play for their club. It might be wise to contact the danish national federation and then they can ask some of the clubs for you. Visit badminton.dk for more information!! If you have any further questions or if you need more specific details feel free to ask them here. Kind Regards Jonas
Thank you all for reply. I will contact those places you suggest. Anyone could recommend me to those team or clubs, not only Denmark and Canada? I would like to have more opportunities and choose one of the best good for me and also contribute to the badminton sport.
Hi Luo, You could try Australia, however it may be a little difficult to obtain citizenship unless you have other skills (ie. work or education) to offer the country. Another problem may be that the opportunities are limited since funding is extremely low for badminton, and the sport is not that popular here either. www.badminton.org.au is the official website of Badminton Australia (much is still under construction). Mark is the National Sports Manager for badminton, you can email him at mark@badminton.org.au Good luck in your search for a better opportunity. I wish you all the best. Regards, Maz
Why not trying US? Badminton hasn't been a popular sport in the US. As a matter, many treat it as backyard sport... If US has someone who can represent the US and win some major or "semi major" badminton championship, badminton will be more popular. May be the games will appear on satelite or cable. I said that because it will really be awhile before they will show them on national TV. Look at soccer. Almost every kids now play soccer. With that, you must have a SUV to carry them also ... I don't think it's that difficult to obtain residency in the US. Just contact the USA Badminton, they can probably get you in easily. Worst case scenario, come in with some kind of student visa, preferably with some California school. Start joining the Opens. Believe me, if the US team wants you to play for US, they will get an attorney to do your residency quickly. If you haven't done so, try visit the USA Badminton at http://www.USABadminton.org? May be you can try send your resume to usab@usabadminton.org Good luck!
I'm not being racist here however I don't think Australia is a very good choice. We already have a few top ex Chinese players who don't speak very good English and unfortunately this really limits the amount of work they can get. My old coach Han Ai Ping was a good example, former World No 1 singles and doubles, but would never get a top coaching role in Oz because of her English speaking ability. As such she did have a badminton school going and a quite few students ... however as you said it's a small sport and funding is limited. My new coach is in much the same category, former top doubles player, much better than any doubles player in Oz, but still only has limited opportunities. You must remember Australia does not really have a pro league with strong clubs that play each other all the time. For that I'd recommend Germany or Denmark where players appear to be able to make a living purely by playing.
Club in Denmark Hi Adelle/Luo, I have tried to email you on the adress posted on your message, but it keeps being rejected as "SPAM". The reason for me wanting to contact you is, that we might have an opportunity for you in Denmark. I represent a Danish club just north of Copenhagen. We have a main coach, who Luo know former part of the Danish national team, who also plays in the club. We have a lot of young talented players - also playing international tournaments. Also a lot of talented boys. At the moment we might be looking for a head coach to take charge of the development of our players - both to advance in the Team competition and individually. Also who could be interested in representing the club in the Danish Team Tournament and individual competitions in Europe. So therefore this message to have you contact me - to learn more about your possible request for coaching jobs in Denmark. What did you have in mind, etc.? Please feel free to contact me... bechsie
Professional Badminton League Adelle - we are hoping to start a professional badminton league in the US in 2008 - for more information, visit the webiste www.americanbadmintonleague.com
Hi dgobbie, Sounds interesting with the ABL. If you read the thread it is almost 4 years old. Luo Yi Gang af Adelle is writting about came to Denmark and played for our club for two years before going back for coaching job in China. So I don't thnik it will be relevant for you for the ABL. Happy hunting bechsie
