Tan Bin Shen

Tan Bin Shen
Tan Bin Shen
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	24 January 1984; Selangor, Malaysia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	8
Men's badminton
Representing Malaysia
Asian Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Tan Bin Shen (Chinese: 陳斌生; born 24 January 1984) is a former badminton player from Malaysia.^[1] He assigned as Malaysia men's doubles national team coach in December 2020.^[2]

Personal life

In his early years, Tan favoured chess and music. Tan began to play badminton at the age of 7. At the age of 12, Tan's potential was spotted by a Selangor coach, Moo Chien Keat. The coach asked Tan's father if he could take him as a student. After receiving the nod from his father, the coach began to train Tan. Four years later, due to his great achievements, Tan was then drafted into the national squad. Tan is married with Melissa Lee, who is a law graduate from Northumbria University in United Kingdom. In November 2012, both of them have a baby boy and namely, Maxwell Tan Guan Liang.

Career

Tan Bin Shen played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Ong Soon Hock. They were seeded world #16. He was the winner at the 2009 Australia Open Grand Prix and previously training with Gan Teik Chai under the coaching of Razif Sidek from Malaysia.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Ong Soon Hock	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	13–15, 13–15	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Pretoria Showgrounds, Pretoria, South Africa	Jack Koh	Han Sang-hoon Park Sung-hwan	17–14, 9–15, 9–15	Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Gan Teik Chai	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	11–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Australian Open	Gan Teik Chai	Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2010	India Grand Prix	Gan Teik Chai	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	21–19, 15–21, 14–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	India Satellite	Ng Kean Kok	Gan Teik Chai Jeremy Gan	13–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2006	Malaysia Satellite	Ong Soon Hock	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Gan Teik Chai	24–26, 21–18, 21–15	Winner
2012	Bulgarian International	Robert Blair	Andreas Heinz Max Schwenger	21–10, 21–17	Winner
2012	Turkey International	Robert Blair	Magnus Sahlberg Mattias Wigardt	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2013	Slovak Open	Oliver Schaller	Nikita Khakimov Vasily Kuznetsov	9–21, 22–20, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Bin Shen Tan". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ Liem, Teik Huat (17 December 2020). "Bin Shen's back". www.thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

External links

Tan Bin Shen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

[1] "Players: Bin Shen Tan". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[2] Liem, Teik Huat (17 December 2020). "Bin Shen's back". www.thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

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