Di Zijian
邸子健
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23)
Liaoyang, Liaoning, China
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking33 (MD with Wang Chang 3 December 2019)
243 (XD with Li Yijing 17 March 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  China
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Markham Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Markham Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Yogyakarta Boys' doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kazan Boys' doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kazan Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Jakarta Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Suzhou Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Suzhou Mixed team
BWF profile

Di Zijian (Chinese: 邸子健; pinyin: Dǐ Zǐjiàn; born 27 February 2001) is 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 		China Wang Chang Japan Mahiro Kaneko
Japan Yunosuke Kubota 		14–21, 21–15, 13–21 Silver Silver
2018 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada 		China Wang Chang South Korea Shin Tae-yang
South Korea Wang Chan 		21–19, 22–20 Gold Gold
2019 Kazan Gymnastics Center,
Kazan, Russia 		China Wang Chang Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin 		19–21, 18–21 Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia 		China Wang Chang South Korea Lee Sang-min
South Korea Na Sung-seung 		21–19, 21–11 Gold Gold
2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia 		China Wang Chang China Liang Weikeng
China Shang Yichen 		18–21, 24–22, 21–19 Gold Gold
2019 Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre,
Suzhou, China 		China Wang Chang Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin 		9–21, 21–15, 19–21 Silver 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 China Wang Chang China Han Chengkai
China Zhou Haodong 		21–19, 17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 China Wang Chang Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt
Denmark Lasse Mølhede 		21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.

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