Ding Qiqing
Ding Qiqing whose Japanese name is Kei Nakashima is a Chinese former badminton player and one of the main coach of Japan national [badminton team|Japanese National Badminton Team].
Career
Born in Zhejiang, Ding started playing badminton at the age of 9 and joined the Chinese national team in 1981. In 1985, Ding partnered with Li Yongbo to win the men's doubles titles at the German Open and the Swedish Open.Ding was selected for the 1986 Thomas Cup squad. In the final against Indonesia, Ding lost the second men's singles match to Lius Pongoh. Despite this loss, the Chinese national team won the Thomas Cup 3-2. Ding also participated in the 1986 Asian Games|1986 Asian Games], where he won bronze in the men's doubles event and silver in the men's team event.
In 1987, Ding retired prematurely due to a waist injury sustained during training.
Post-Retirements and Coaching Careers
After his retirement, Ding pursued his studies at Ryukoku University in Japan from 1989 and graduated in 1992. In 2000, having adopted the Japanese name "Kei Nakashima", he changed his nationality and became a coach of the Japanese national team, following several years as a part-time coach for local Japanese badminton clubs.Nakashima achieved his first major coaching success when the women's doubles pair he coached, Shizuka Yamamoto and Seiko Yamada, won a bronze medal at the 2003 IBF World Championships. A few years later, Nakashima coached the prominent Japanese women's doubles pair of Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota, who won five All Japan Badminton Championships titles, the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games, and another bronze medal at the 2007 IBF World Championships.
Nakashima's coaching led to further success when Reika Kakiiwa and Mizuki Fujii won a silver medal at the Badminton at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|2012 Olympic Games] in London. His coaching efforts culminated in Japan's first Olympic gold medal in badminton at the Badminton at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|2016 Olympic Games] in Rio de Janeiro, when Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi secured the women's doubles title. After the match, Matsutomo thanked Nakashima, saying "If the Japanese badminton team did not have him, we would not be where we are today".
Achievements
Asian Games
Men's doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | ||||||
| 1986 Asian Games – Men's doubles|1986] | Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea |  IBF Grand PrixThe World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since from 1983 to 2006.Men's doubles
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