Tien Minh Nguyen - Player Biography
Birth name Nguyễn Tiến Minh
Date of birth February 17, 1983 (age 26)
Place of birth Ho Chi Minh city
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Tien is a right handed badminton player who competes for Vietnam. He has played since the age of 10, and decided to become a professional badminton player in 2001. Nguyen has showed tremendous success depite relying on his families financial contributions, and training in less then ideal conditions. He does not receive the priveleges of other top athletes in other countries, such as elite coaching, diet plans, and injury care etc. Nguyen has been the national champion for men's Singles in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. He was the 2008 Vietnam Open champion, and won a bronze medal at the 2008 Taiwan Open. He has also been Voted and awarded by the press as the Distinctive Athlete of Ho Chi Minh City in 2004 and voted and named by the press as one of the Distinctive Athletes of Vietnam in 2004, 2007, and 2008. This is his highest ranking ever. 2009 Japan Open semi-finalist.