He's Hou Jia Chang. The coach of Luan Jin, Han Jian, Yang Yang, Zhao Hian Hua. He's also the great player of his time.
He is HouJiachang!!! Former coach of china badminton team. Mr Hou Jiachang (China) Introduced into the Hall of Fame in 2002 Born China before 1944 Chinese champion in 1974 (ref: World Badminton June 1974 page 8), aged well over 30, he was the champion of Central Java (Indonesia) under his original name of Houw Ka Tjong before he left Indonesia for China about 1964. After retirement he became a Chinese National Coach training Han Jian, Luan Jin, Chen Changjie, Yang Yang, Zhao Jianhua, Xiong Guobao and Wu Wenkai etc. In 1994 he moved to the United States.
All the informations are right. Only one thing : I think he was born in Indonesia. Same as Tang Xian Hu and Liang Chiu Xia
[size=+2]Information from World Badminton - http://www.worldbadminton.net/Portal/intbadfed/HoF.htm#tang:[/size] [size=+2]Miss Chen Yu Niang (China)[/size] Introduced into the Hall of Fame in 2002 Born Indonesia 1947 Indonesian by birth though when she left her native country she had not yet reached international class. She was then known as Miss Tan Giok Nio. Miss Chen became Chinese National Coach after retirement from competitive play and until 1994 trained many top Chinese players such as Guan Weizhen, Tang Jiuhong and Huang Hua. She now lives in Hong Kong. [size=+2]Mr Tang Xianhu (China)[/size] Introduced into the Hall of Fame in 2002 Born China 1942 In 1974 China's number two player; originally known as Thing Hian Houw when he was the leading Indonesian junior in the late 1950's. He came from Jakarta and represented Indonesia in the Malayan Open Championships before migrating to China. After retirement from competitive play he was a Chinese National Coach until 1985 when he returned to Indonesia as their National Team Coach training Allan Budi Kusuma, Heryanto Arbi etc. In 1997 he returned to China and once again became Chinese National Team Coach training Sun Jun, Xia Xuanze, Ji Xinpeng and Chen Hong etc. In 2002 he is still National Coach. [size=+2]Mr Hou Jiachang (China)[/size] Introduced into the Hall of Fame in 2002 Born China before 1944 Chinese champion in 1974 (ref: World Badminton June 1974 page 8), aged well over 30, he was the champion of Central Java (Indonesia) under his original name of Houw Ka Tjong before he left Indonesia for China about 1964. After retirement he became a Chinese National Coach training Han Jian, Luan Jin, Chen Changjie, Yang Yang, Zhao Jianhua, Xiong Guobao and Wu Wenkai etc. In 1994 he moved to the United States. The above three named players were unable to participate in official international Badminton tournaments as at that time China was not a member of the International Badminton Federation. However, in all exhibition matches when well into their thirties, they were still capable of beating the very best around the world. They played Indonesia in 1963/4/5; Denmark 1965; Canada 1972; Denmark and England in 1973; England 1974 winning all overall matches. They first participated for China in an official event, the Asian Games in Tehran in 1974, when the Council of the International Badminton Federation gave a special dispensation to its member-organizations to compete with them. In the mens' team event, China beat Indonesia 3 -2 and the Chinese ladies beat Indonesia by the same margin in the ladies' team event. Hou Jiachang won the individual mens' singles and Miss Chen Yu Niang the ladies' singles.
- Never knew Tang had an Indonesian name called "Thing" or Teng or Ting. with a surname like that it indicates that Tang is a "Fuzhou" person, one branch of people of Fujian with a distnct dialect that sounds like Japanese. Many of his countrymen in Msia in state of Sarawak.
Kwun and Cheung used to be able to stump most readers in the past, but with the new influx of knowledgeable (read: fanatical) new members, the mystery is solved within the same day -dave
- Alright, guess who that is trying to imitate Rudy Hartono doing his famous drop-shots, Its definitely not Fu Man Chu or Ching Chong.
Wow, the legends behind the legends. I wonder if all their experience would be passed over to the current coaches.
- this white haired guy is a veteran, hes one of Kwun's crafty old folks,believe me, he doesnt have to watch opponents in order to outsmart them.
Hahaha, please change the file name of the pictures next time. The file name actually tell us who the person is
- Thats the Cantonese version as IN Hk. in his native Fuzhou it will be Teng Sth. In Mandarin Tang. Confusing?
Coach Hou Jiachang hi all Mr.Hou Jiachang is the coach of our club. he still plays very well. i was surprised to find this discussion when i searched for information about him using Google.
arnott, you gotta tell us more about the legend! you must realize how lucky you are having him as the coach as he has cultured many top class players and world champions! do you think he will be interested in coming to BF for a visit?
coach Kwun , I realize how lucky I am after reading this discussion about him. My Indonesian and Chinese friends alkways used to say that he was world champion once. Though I believed them I did not understand his significance till I found this discussion. Am not sure if he would like to travel to BF (San Jose?). we are a small club and we play mostly for fun. He is here because his wife works here. We are playing another school in a small team (friendly) tournament this weekend, and he has agreed to play depending on his fitness. (it's another issue that we may get our b*** kicked).
