Career
She was a bronze medalist in women"s singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. In the late 1980s Tang and her fellow countrywoman Huang Hua were touted by some to be China"s next generation of dominant female singles players, taking over from Li Lingwei and Han Aiping. Within a few years, however, they were upstaged by an even younger group of precocious badminton talents that included Indonesia"s Susi Susanti, South of Korea"s Bang Soo-hyun, and China"s own Ye Zhaoying.