Di Zijian

In this Chinese name, the family name is Di.

Di Zijian 邸子健
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23) Liaoyang, Liaoning, China
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	33 (MD with Wang Chang 3 December 2019) 243 (XD with Li Yijing 17 March 2020)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  China Thomas Cup 2020 Aarhus Men's team World Junior Championships 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team 2018 Markham Boys' doubles 2018 Markham Mixed team 2017 Yogyakarta Boys' doubles 2019 Kazan Boys' doubles 2019 Kazan Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2017 Jakarta Boys' doubles 2018 Jakarta Boys' doubles 2018 Jakarta Mixed team 2019 Suzhou Boys' doubles 2019 Suzhou Mixed team
BWF profile

Di Zijian (Chinese: 邸子健; pinyin: Dǐ Zǐjiàn; born 27 February 2001) is a Chinese badminton player.[1] Born in Liaoyang, Liaoning, he started practicing badminton at the age of 10 and entered the Liaoning team when he was 14. Di was selected to join the national youth team in 2017, then became the national second team players at the beginning of 2018.[2] He was two times boys' doubles gold medalists at the Asian Junior Championships in 2017 and 2018, also won the mixed team title with the national junior team in 2018.[3] At the World Junior Championships, he helped the team clinch the gold medal in 2017 and 2018, and won the silver medals in the boys' doubles event in 2017 and 2019.[1][4] He also showed his achievement in the senior tournament level by reaching the final at the 2018 Lingshui China Masters and finished as the runner-up in the men's doubles event.[2] Di won his first BWF World Tour title in 2019 SaarLorLux Open.[5]

Controversy

In February 2022, Di was accused of match fixing in his match against Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana at the 2021 Denmark Open. According to chat screenshots posted on Weibo by Di's ex-girlfriend, Di purposely forfeited the first game of the match to get around RMB 100,000;[6] they did end up losing against the Indonesian pair, 6-21, 19-21.[7] The Weibo post also shared screenshots of Di sharing his dislike for a teammate from Zhejiang for being 'too lazy', which fans speculate to be his former partner Wang Chang, who comes from the province.[6] The continuation of the case remains unknown.

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Wang Chang	Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota	14–21, 21–15, 13–21	Silver
2018	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Wang Chang	Shin Tae-yang Wang Chan	21–19, 22–20	Gold
2019	Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Wang Chang	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	19–21, 18–21	Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Wang Chang	Lee Sang-min Na Sung-seung	21–19, 21–11	Gold
2018	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Wang Chang	Liang Weikeng Shang Yichen	18–21, 24–22, 21–19	Gold
2019	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China	Wang Chang	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	9–21, 21–15, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Lingshui China Masters	Super 100	Wang Chang	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	21–19, 17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Wang Chang	Mathias Bay-Smidt Lasse Mølhede	21–17, 21–15	Winner

References

1. "国羽男双新锐进陵水赛4强：有实力才能配得上支持" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
2. "辽宁羽毛球又一男双选手脱颖而出 17岁小将邸子健青年赛夺冠" (in Chinese). 辽宁频道. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
3. "羽毛球亚青赛中国队揽4金 邸子健/王昶男双卫冕" (in Chinese). Tencent. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
4. Hearn, Don (11 November 2018). "World Juniors Team Final – 5th straight for China!". Badzine.net. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
5. Bubucea, Maria (3 November 2019). "Chinese domination at SaarLorLux". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
6. Zhang, Kevin (2022-02-12). "China's World Junior and Asian Junior Champion, Di Zijian Reportedly Involved in Match-Fixing". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
7. "Highlights of first round matches of Victor Denmark Open 2021". www.news.cn. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
8. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
9. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Di Zijian at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)