Tang Yongshu

Tang Hetian
唐鹤恬
Tang Hetian; 唐鹤恬
Personal information
Birth name	Tang Yongshu; 唐永淑
Country	Australia
Born	5 January 1975 (age 49); Chongqing, China
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Left
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing China
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup
Sudirman Cup
Uber Cup
Asian Games
Asia Championships
Asian Cup
World Junior Championships
Representing Australia
Commonwealth Games
Oceania Championships
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
	BWF profile

Tang Hetian (Chinese: 唐鹤恬; born 5 January 1975), formerly known as Tang Yongshu (唐永淑), is a badminton player who competed internationally for China in the 1990s.^[1] She played for Australia in the 2000s as He Tian Tang.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

Specializing in women's doubles, Tang earned a bronze medal at the 1995 IBF World Championships and a silver medal at the 1997 IBF World Championships with her regular partner, Qin Yiyuan. Tang and Qin were also bronze medalists at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, yet they were overshadowed by fellow countrywomen Ge Fei and Gu Jun, the dominant women's doubles team of the day, who took gold at the latter two events. Tang won women's doubles at the 1995 Canadian Open in an unusual partnership with South Korea's Gil Young-ah (as players on the Chinese national squad rarely partner with foreign players). Tang and Qin won women's doubles at the 1997 Thailand Open and played together on the Chinese team that reclaimed the Uber Cup (women's world team championship trophy) from Indonesia in 1998.

After 1998, Tang retired from the Chinese national badminton team and later married her national teammate Yu Qi. They immigrated to Australia in the early 2000s. Tang played for the Australia national badminton team at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. The same year, she also represented Australia in the Uber Cup.^[5]^[6]^[7]

At the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships, Tang won a gold medal in the mixed team event and a bronze in women's doubles.^[8]

Her daughter Angela Yu followed in her footsteps as an Olympic athlete in Paris 2024 for Australia in the Womens doubles event. Also her son Jack Yu has been competing for Australia for the last five years.

Major achievements

Representing China.

Year	Venue/Tournament	Event	Result
Olympic Games
1996	Atlanta, USA	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	3
World Championships
1997	Glasgow, Scotland	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
1995	Lausanne, Switzerland	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	3
Sudirman Cup
1997	Glasgow, Scotland	Mixed team	1
Uber Cup
1998	Hong Kong	Women's team	1
1996	Hong Kong	Women's team	2
Asian Games
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Women's team	1
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	3
Asia Championships
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Mixed doubles with Chen Gang	3
1995	Beijing, China	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
World Junior Championships
1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Girls' doubles	2
IBF World Grand Prix
1998	Denmark Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	1
1998	Swedish Open	Mixed doubles with Chen Gang	2
1998	Japan Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
1997	U.S. Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	1
1997	Thailand Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	1
1997	China Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	2
1996	China Open	Women's doubles with Qin Yiyuan	1

Representing Australia.

Year	Venue/Tournament	Event	Result
Commonwealth Games
2010	New Delhi, India	Women's doubles with Kate Wilson-Smith	3
Oceania Championships
2014	Ballarat, Australia	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	3
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
2014	Ballarat, Australia	Mixed team	1
BWF Grand Prix
2014	New Zealand Open	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	1
2009	Australian Open	Women's doubles with Huang Chia-chi	1
BWF International Challenge/Series
2014	Maribyrnong International	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	1
2013	Italian International	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	2
2013	Welsh International	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	1
2013	Victorian International	Mixed doubles with Robin Middleton	1
2010	Altona International	Women's doubles with Renuga Veeran	1

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tang Yongshu (Hetian)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ "He Tian TANG". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
^ "He Tian TANG". d2010results.thecgf.com. Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "He Tian Tang". results.glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
^ "唐鹤恬：黄穗打球或为入籍加分" [Tang Hetian: Huang Sui plays or adds points for naturalization]. 新快报(广州) [New Express (Guangzhou)] (in Chinese). 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. (English translation)
^ "唐鹤恬与她的最后一届尤伯杯———访中国羽毛球队前国手唐鹤恬" [Tang Hetian and her last Uber Cup --- Interview with Tang Hetian, the former national player of the Chinese badminton team]. 南宁日报 [Nanning Daily] (in Chinese). 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. (English translation)
^ "搭档老将唐鹤恬？" [Partner veteran Tang Hetian?]. 燕都网 [Yandu.com] (in Chinese). 9 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. (English translation)
^ "2014 Oceania Championships". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. 20 February 2014.