23 Times World-class Tournament Champion

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  1. TX

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    One of the greatest badminton player in the world, Yang Yang of China has a record of at least 23 times champions in various world-class tournaments including all the major tournaments like Thomas Cup, All-England, World Championship, World Grand Prix, etc... between 1984-1990. Has any other player achieved more than this record?
     
    #1 TX, Mar 20, 2001
  2. cb

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    Probably not in the "modern" era. By modern era, I mean
    after China was allowed to compete in events such as the
    All England, Thomas Cup, etc....

    Zhao Jian Hua was probably the most spectacular player
    ever. But he was no where near as consistent. That's why
    he always played as third singles on the Thomas Cup
    teams(until Yang Yang retired).
     
    #2 cb, Mar 20, 2001
  3. Kelvin

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    Very good question...
    I myself am not too sure, as I'm going to learn more about badminton historics this week.
    Hopefully any knowledge I can learn, I can pass on to you guys.
     
    #3 Kelvin, Mar 20, 2001
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    You should help...

    Sorry, I also just wanted to say that you should help Yang Yang advertise!!!
    That was honestly a really great plug for their company! hehehe... who knows, maybe they'll even pay you for it! B)
     
    #4 Kelvin, Mar 20, 2001
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    Wow, no wonder why those two formed their own racquet company!
    Promotion of this wonderful sport of ours! gotta love it! :p
     
    #5 Kelvin, Mar 20, 2001
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    Gu Jun and Ge Fei have more championships.
     
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    Definitely.
     
    #7 May, Mar 20, 2001
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    i came into badminton late so i missed yang yang, zhao jinhua, morten frost, sidek brothers, etc, However, i am forturnately to witness the legend statue of gu jun and ge fei in action. I think there is no agrument as to who dominate the women doubles.
     
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    *bows to pay homage to them... smacks head on keyboard* :p
     
    #9 Kelvin, Mar 21, 2001
  10. Pebulutangkis

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    well even Rudy Hartono alone has won the All-England 18 times (see guinness bk of records), not including world champs, thomas cup, WGPF and others

    i'm sure he has more than yang yang's 23
     
    #10 Pebulutangkis, Mar 25, 2001
  11. Sing

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    Very nice to be loyal, but fact is Rudy only won All England 8x,

    !8x means he would have been very old as first time at age 18.

    Grand Prix only started in 1983.Of course rudy is one of

    greatest, just different from Yang Yang.
     
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    Missing here are legendary Chinese players Hou Jia Chang and Tand Hsien Fu. Back in the 60's and 70's China was not part of IBF so never competed in tournaments sanctioned this organization. These 2 Chinese players beat every other player the world had then and won all tournaments where they entered. Exception is with Rudy Hartono as Indonesia never allowed their number 1 player to play whenrever Tong or Hou were present.
     
    #12 viver, Mar 25, 2001

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