Di Zijian
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| Born | 27 February 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 33 (MD with Wang Chang 3 December 2019) 243 (XD with Li Yijing 17 March 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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] As a result, he was expelled from the Chinese National Team.
