Li Yongbo (; born September 18, 1962) is a retired
Chinese male
badminton player and now the head coach of
Chinese National Badminton Team.
Career
As a player he was a men's doubles specialist noted for his quickness, reflexes, and power. From the mid 1980's to the early 1990s he shared numerous international titles with his regular partner
Tian Bingyi. They were contemporaries and rivals of the famous Korean pair
Park Joo-bong and
Kim Moon-soo, largely dividing badminton's biggest doubles events between them for about eight seasons. Among many other tournaments around the world Li and Tian captured the (then biennial)
World Championships in 1987 and 1989, the prestigious
All-England Championships in 1987, 1988, and 1991, and the
Danish Open in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, and 1991. They also played on Chinese
Thomas Cup (men's international) teams that won consecutive world team titles in
1986,
1988, and
1990. Late in their partnership they won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the
1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
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