Badminton player Tai Tzu-ying poses for a portrait in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on March 27, 2021.
Red Bull Athlete - Tai Tzu Ying

Tzu-Ying
Tai

Taiwan

Taiwan

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Badminton

A world-beating badminton player with a packed trophy cabinet, Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying has been breaking records since childhood.

Date of birth

20 June 1994

Place of birth

Kaohsiung City

Age

31

Nationality

Taiwan

Taiwan

Career start

2009

Disciplines

Badminton

There's little doubt that Tai Tzu-ying was destined to play badminton. Both her parents were regular players in their home city of Kaohsiung and her father's on the city's badminton committee. The court has been her second home since the third grade and she showed the talent that would take her to the top of the sport almost immediately, becoming the youngest-ever player to compete in Taiwan's first division.

At 15, Tai played on the international stage for the first time, finishing runner-up in that tournament and quickly garnering the reputation as a prodigy on the badminton court.