Fu Haifeng

Fu Haifeng
傅海峰
Fu in 2012
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1983-08-23) 23 August 1983
Jieyang, Guangdong, China
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
HandednessLeft
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Cai Yun 7 September 2006)
2 (with Zhang Nan 29 September 2016)
BWF profile
Fu Haifeng
Traditional Chinese傅海峰
Simplified Chinese傅海峰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFù Hǎifēng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFu6 Hoi2 Fung1

Fu Haifeng (born 23 August 1983) is a Chinese badminton player. Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They have won numerous top tier events on the world circuit including the venerable All England Open Championships in 2005 and 2009 and the BWF World Championships in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Cai and Fu have helped China win five consecutive Thomas Cup (Men's Team World Badminton Championships) (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012) and four consecutive Sudirman Cup (World Team Championships) (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011). Cai and Fu also competed together in the Olympic games 3 times, including the 2004, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2012 Olympic Games. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals in 2004 in Athens, and in 2008 in Beijing were silver medalists, losing a close final to Indonesia's Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan.