Hou Jiachang
Hou Jiachang ( Chinese 侯 加 昌 , * 1942 ) is a former Chinese badminton player .
Career
Hou Jiachang was one of the most important Chinese badminton players of the 1970s. During this time there was still a strict separation between the China-related world association WBF and the much larger association IBF, so that Jiachang was almost never able to compete with the sizes of the other association. In China he won the national championship in men's singles in 1974. In 1976 he was Asian champion, in 1974 he won the Asian Games . At the World Championships of the WBF in 1978 he was first in men's doubles with Yu Yaodong . In 2002 he was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame .
Sporting successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | First King Mahendra Memorial | Men's singles | 1 | Hou Jiachang |
| 1974 | Chinese championship | Men's singles | 1 | Hou Jiachang |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Men's singles | 1 | Hou Jiachang |
| 1976 | Asian Championship | Men's singles | 1 | Hou Jiachang |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Men's singles | 3 | Hou Jiachang |
| 1978 | World Championship (WBF) | Men's doubles | 1 | Yu Yaodong / Hou Jiachang |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hou, Jiachang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 侯 加 昌 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |