Han Jian (badminton) Championships, beating Morten Frost in the final. He also won a bronze medal at the 1983 IBF World Championships and played singles for China's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1982 and 1986. Han Jian (badminton) Han Jian (; born July 6, 1956 in Liaoning) was a Chinese badminton player in the early and mid 1980s when China first entered the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation). Along with Morten Frost (Denmark), Liem Swie King (Indonesia), Prakash Padukone (India) and his teammate Luan Jin he was one of the world's leading players in that era, known for
Badminton at the Summer Olympics Badminton at the Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 6 Olympiads. 69 different nations have appeared in the Olympic badminton competitions, with 19 appearing all 7 times. It is governed by the Badminton World Federation. The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich saw the first appearance of badminton, as a demonstration sport. Two decades later the sport debuted in competition at the Barcelona 1992 games where 4 events were held, with singles and doubles events for both men and women. Four medals were awarded in each event, including two bronzes. The