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Sun Man

Chinese badminton player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ434383
Source-derived summary

Sun Man (Chinese: 孙曼; born July 23, 1968) is a Chinese female badminton player who competed internationally in the 1990s.

Career

Specializing in mixed doubles at the world level, Sun won the China Open (1993) and Asian Championships (1994) with countryman Chen Xingdong. She earned a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta with another Chinese player, Liu Jianjun.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

World Cup

Mixed doubles

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Asian Cup

Mixed Doubles

East Asian Games

Mixed doubles

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sun Man” as chinese badminton player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chinese, badminton and player.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1968, 1993, 1994, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1968-07-23. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Chinese, badminton and player providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sun Man”, the useful work is to connect “chinese badminton player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q434383. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1968, 1993, 1994 and 1996.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from Sun Man” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.