Xie Zhongbo
Xie Zhongbo is a former Chinese badminton player from Hunan and raised in Sichuan. After retiring from the international tournament, he works as badminton coach in Sichuan.
Career
A doubles specialist on the world circuit, Xie has regularly partnered Guo Zhendong in men's doubles and Zhang Yawen in mixed doubles during his career. Xie and Guo have won the Polish International, the China Masters, and the India Open together. They were quarter-finalists at the 2007 BWF World Championships, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics narrowly lost to the eventual gold medalists, Indonesia's Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan, in the round of sixteen.Xie has had greater success in mixed doubles. He and Zhang have captured eight titles internationally since the beginning of 2005. They were silver medalists at the 2005 IBF World Championships, losing the gold to Indonesia's Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir, and were bronze medalists at the 2007 edition of the tournament.
Xie was a member of China's world champion Thomas Cup team. At 1.88 meters and solidly built, he was one of the tallest and most physically players on the world circuit.
He retired from competitive international badminton in January 2010.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
Mixed doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States |  World CupMen's doubles
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