Xia Xuanze

Xia Xuanze
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1979-01-05) January 5, 1979 Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Men's singles World Championships 2003 Birmingham Men's singles World Junior Championships 1996 Silkeborg Boys' singles
Updated on 15:18, 28 October 2013 (UTC).

Xia Xuanze (born January 5, 1979 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang) is a former male 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 men's singles coach for the national team of China.

Player attributes

Xia's game was marked by impressive speed and agility, aggressive and accurate net play, and adequate, if not overwhelming, overhead power. The power he used in his legs allowed him to "play the shot" very early. This attribute, combined with very sophisticated and consistent deceptive shots, gave some of his opponents the opportunity to win very few points at all.

Career

At one time or another he experienced victory in most of badminton's biggest events. The exception came in his sole appearance at the Olympics when he was beaten in the semifinals of the 2000 Games in Sydney by Indonesia's Hendrawan. Xia settled for a bronze medal there after defeating Denmark's Peter Gade in the playoff for third place.^[1] Earlier in that season Xia had won the prestigious All-England Championships over eighteen-year-old Taufik Hidayat. He captured men's singles at the IBF World Championships in 2003 by defeating Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann. Finally, in international team play, he was a member of the Chinese squad that ended a long drought by capturing the highly coveted Thomas Cup (men's world team competition and trophy) in 2004.

In 2010 Thomas Cup, Xia coached Chen Jin, witnessing his country win 3-0 over Indonesia for their fourth consecutive Thomas Cup.

Major achievements

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