Xie Zhongbo

Xie Zhongbo (Template:Zh; born 22 May 1983) is a former Chinese badminton player from Hunan and raised in Sichuan. After retiring from the international tournament, he works as badminton coach in Sichuan.

Career

A doubles specialist on the world circuit, Xie has regularly partnered Guo Zhendong in men's doubles and Zhang Yawen in mixed doubles during his career. Xie and Guo have won the Polish International (2004), the China Masters (2005), and the India Open (2008) together. They were quarter-finalists at the 2007 BWF World Championships, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics narrowly lost to the eventual gold medalists, Indonesia's Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan, in the round of sixteen.

Xie has had greater success in mixed doubles. He and Zhang have captured eight titles internationally since the beginning of 2005. They were silver medalists at the 2005 IBF World Championships, losing the gold to Indonesia's Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir, and were bronze medalists at the 2007 edition of the tournament.

Xie was a member of China's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) team. At 1.88 meters and solidly built, he was one of the tallest and most physically players on the world circuit.

He retired from competitive international badminton in January 2010.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto Template:Flagicon Lilyana Natsir	15–13, 8–15, 2–15	Silver Silver
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto Template:Flagicon Lilyana Natsir	15–21, 21–15, 20–22	Bronze Bronze

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong	Template:Flagicon Markis Kido Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan	19–21, 13–21	Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto Template:Flagicon Liliyana Natsir	21–19, 21–10	Gold Gold
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto Template:Flagicon Liliyana Natsir	16–21, 18–21	Silver Silver

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	16–21, 23–25	Silver Silver

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Yu Yang	Template:Flagicon Sudket Prapakamol Template:Flagicon Saralee Thungthongkam	3–15, 11–15	Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Template:Flagicon Cao Chen	Template:Flagicon Sang Yang Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo	5–7, 5–7, 7–2, 5–7	Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Template:Flagicon Zhang Weihong	Template:Flagicon Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Template:Flagicon Wandri Kurniawan Saputra	16–17, 8–15	Bronze Bronze
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Template:Flagicon Cao Chen	Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung	1–15, 16–17	Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	Template:Flagicon Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Template:Flagicon Enny Erlangga	14–17, 12–15	Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	China Open	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong	Template:Flagicon Markis Kido Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	French Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Flandy Limpele Template:Flagicon Vita Marissa	11–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto Template:Flagicon Liliyana Natsir	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2008	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2009	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo Template:Flagicon Ma Jin	21–19, 19–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2009	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Tao Jiaming Template:Flagicon Wang Xiaoli	21–13, 19–21, 4–8 Retired	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong	Template:Flagicon Choong Tan Fook Template:Flagicon Lee Wan Wah	15–10, 15–4	Winner
2007	Philippines Open	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong	Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong	8–21, 24–26	Runner-up
2008	India Open	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong	Template:Flagicon Chan Chong Ming Template:Flagicon Chew Choon Eng	19–21, 21–14, 21–12	Winner
2008	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng	17–21, Retired	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	15–8, 15–5	Winner
2006	German Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	11–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2006	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	21–16, 10–21, 22–20	Winner
2006	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto Template:Flagicon Liliyana Natsir	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2006	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Xu Chen Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	21–19, 21–5	Winner
2007	Macau Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Fang Chieh-min Template:Flagicon Cheng Wen-hsing	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2008	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon He Hanbin Template:Flagicon Yu Yang	23–25, 21–10, 23–21	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Polish International	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong	Template:Flagicon Michał Łogosz Template:Flagicon Robert Mateusiak	8–15, 17–14, 17–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	French International	Template:Flagicon Yu Yang	Template:Flagicon Nikolai Zuyev Template:Flagicon Marina Yakusheva	17–16, 15–9	Winner

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