Yuhan Tan


Yuhan Tan is a male left-handed badminton player and Medical Doctor from Belgium. Born to a Chinese-Indonesian father and a Belgian mother, He is a 10 time Belgian Champion in the men's singles category which makes him the most successful men's singles athlete in Belgian history. In 2008 he was the 2nd youngest men's singles player to qualify for the 2008 Olympics according to the Badminton World Federation criteria. However the Belgian Olympic Committee didn't select him and he was therefore not able to compete.
Tan participated, together with his sister Lianne, in the 2012 Summer Olympics and in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Tan studied Medicine at the University of Maastricht.
In 2013, Tan was elected as a member of the Badminton World Federation Athletes' Commission. In 2015, he was appointed as the Chairman of the BWF Athletes' Commission. In June 2015, he competed at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, reaching to quarter-finals.
He competed for Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics in badminton. He lost to Misha Zilberman of Israel, 22-20 and 22-12, and did not advance to the Round of 16.
In 2017 Tan became the chairman of the Belgian Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015USA International Emil Holst16–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2015Turkey International Misha Zilberman12–21, 21–13, 21–18 Winner
2015Dutch International Anders Antonsen11–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2014Morocco International Pedro Martins8–11, 10–11, 10–11 Runner-up
2013Turkey International Iztok Utrosa21–11, 21–12 Winner
2012Austrian International Przemyslaw Wacha21–14, 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2011Brazil International Przemyslaw Wacha14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2010Hungarian International Ville Lang20–22, 16–21 Runner-up
2008Giraldilla International Raju Rai21–19, 21–19 Winner
2006Cyprus International Peter Mikkelsen15–21, 21–17, 14–21 Runner-up