Ye Zhaoying
Ye Zhaoying 叶钊颖 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | 7 May 1974|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ye Zhaoying (simplified Chinese: 叶钊颖; traditional Chinese: 葉釗穎; pinyin: Yè Zhāoyǐng; born 7 May 1974) is a retired badminton player from Hangzhou, China.[1] Officially ranked as the number one women's singles player in the world for the first time in December 1995, she lost and regained that ranking several times during her career. Her best years as a player overlapped those of the slightly older Susi Susanti and Bang Soo-hyun, in what some see as a "golden" era in women's badminton.
She retired after the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, and in 2002, she started a new career as a golfer, trained at the Tian An Golf Club.[1] She married former Chinese footballer and top-scoring striker Hao Haidong in summer 2019.[2]
Career[]
Her main achievements include winning the World Grand Prix Finals in 1995, 1997 and 1999, the IBF World Championships in 1995 and 1997, and the IBF World Cup in 1995. She played on Chinese teams that won the Uber Cup in 1992, 1998 and 2000 and the Sudirman Cup in 1995 and 1997. She won the prestigious All-England title in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
Her other titles include: Asian Badminton Championships in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999; Japan Open in 1993, 1996, 1999; Indonesia Open in 1992, 1993; Denmark Open in 1993; Hong Kong Open in 1993; Asian Cup of badminton in 1994; China Open in 1995; Swedish Open in 1995; US Open in 1995; Singapore Open in 1992, 1998, 1999; Thailand Open in 2000 . She was a member of the Chinese Women's Badminton Team that won the Asian Games in 1998. In addition, she earned a bronze medal in the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, having been upset in the quarterfinals of the '96 Games in Atlanta. Ye Zhaoying was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.
Achievements[]
Olympic Games[]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2000 | The Dome, Sydney, Australia | ![]() |
8–11, 11–2, 11–6 | ![]() |
World Championships[]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1997 | Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | ![]() |
12–11, 11–8 | ![]() |
1995 | Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland | ![]() |
11–7, 11–0 | ![]() |
1993 | National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England | ![]() |
10–12, 10–12 | ![]() |
World Cup[]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1997 | Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia | ![]() |
8–11, 5–11 | ![]() |
1996 | Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia | ![]() |
2–11, 11–9, 2–11 | ![]() |
1995 | Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia | ![]() |
12–9, 2–11, 12–9 | ![]() |
1994 | Phan Dinh Phung Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ![]() |
2–11, 4–11 | ![]() |
1993 | Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India | ![]() |
2–11, 11–2, 6–11 | ![]() |
Asian Games[]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1994 | Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium, Hiroshima, Japan | ![]() |
12–10, 8–11, 3–11 | ![]() |
Asian Championships[]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1999 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() |
11–8, 11–5 | ![]() |
1998 | Bangkok, Thailand | ![]() |
11–5, 13–12 | ![]() |
1995 | Beijing, China | ![]() |
11–2, 11–0 | ![]() |
1994 | Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China | ![]() |
11–4, 12–10 | ![]() |
1992 | Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() |
12–10, 11–2 | ![]() |
Asian Cup[]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1994 | Beijing, China | ![]() |
11–6, 9–12, 11–3 | ![]() |
IBF World Grand Prix[]
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2000 | Thailand Open | ![]() |
11–5, 11–0 | ![]() |
2000 | Japan Open | ![]() |
7–11, 3–11 | ![]() |
1999 | Grand Prix Finals | ![]() |
11–4, 6–11, 11–9 | ![]() |
1999 | Singapore Open | ![]() |
11–5, 5–11, 11–7 | ![]() |
1999 | Japan Open | ![]() |
1–11, 11–5, 11–6 | ![]() |
1999 | All England Open | ![]() |
9–11, 11–5, 11–1 | ![]() |
1998 | Denmark Open | ![]() |
10–13, 8–11 | ![]() |
1998 | Singapore Open | ![]() |
11–5, 6–11, 11–2 | ![]() |
1998 | Swiss Open | ![]() |
9–12, 8–11 | ![]() |
1998 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–5, 11–8 | ![]() |
1998 | Japan Open | ![]() |
1–11, 4–11 | ![]() |
1997 | Grand Prix Finals | ![]() |
11–4, 11–4 | ![]() |
1997 | Malaysia Open | ![]() |
5–11, 7–11 | ![]() |
1997 | Swiss Open | ![]() |
12–9, 6–11, 5–11 | ![]() |
1997 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–3, 11–1 | ![]() |
1997 | Korea Open | ![]() |
6–11, 12–10, 11–4 | ![]() |
1996 | Grand Prix Finals | ![]() |
4–11, 1–11 | ![]() |
1996 | All England Open | ![]() |
1–11, 1–11 | ![]() |
1996 | Japan Open | ![]() |
11–7, 11–8 | ![]() |
1996 | Chinese Taipei Open | ![]() |
5–11, 2–11 | ![]() |
1995 | Grand Prix Finals | ![]() |
12–10, 8–11, 11–8 | ![]() |
1995 | China Open | ![]() |
11–5, 11–0 | ![]() |
1995 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
12–10, 3–11, 11–8 | ![]() |
1995 | Swedish Open | ![]() |
11–6, 11–6 | ![]() |
1994 | Grand Prix Finals | ![]() |
11–4, 10–12, 4–11 | ![]() |
1994 | China Open | ![]() |
8–11, 8–11 | ![]() |
1994 | Malaysia Open | ![]() |
3–11, 8–11 | ![]() |
1994 | All England Open | ![]() |
5–11, 9–11 | ![]() |
1994 | Japan Open | ![]() |
6–11, 12–10, 8–11 | ![]() |
1993 | Grand Prix Finals | ![]() |
3–11, 9–12 | ![]() |
1993 | Hong Kong Open | ![]() |
10–12, 11–7, 11–1 | ![]() |
1993 | China Open | ![]() |
10–12, 1–11 | ![]() |
1993 | Denmark Open | ![]() |
11–8, 11–1 | ![]() |
1993 | German Open | ![]() |
6–11, 8–11 | ![]() |
1993 | Indonesia Open | ![]() |
11–9, 12–11 | ![]() |
1993 | French Open | ![]() |
7–11, 11–5, 5–11 | ![]() |
1993 | Japan Open | ![]() |
11–6, 11–5 | ![]() |
1992 | Singapore Open | ![]() |
8–11, 11–2, 11–3 | ![]() |
1992 | Indonesia Open | ![]() |
11–7, 11–6 | ![]() |
1992 | Japan Open | ![]() |
2–11, 0–11 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1997 | Swiss Open | ![]() |
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15–9, 2–15, 11–15 | ![]() |
1995 | Swedish Open | ![]() |
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15–12, 12–15, 8–15 | ![]() |
Record against selected opponents[]
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.
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Personal life[]
Ye married former top footballer Hao Haidong in summer 2019.[2]
Political views[]
On the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in 2020, Hao uploaded a video calling for the overthrow of the Chinese Communist Party.[3] Afterwards the couple's Weibo accounts were deleted; their online profiles on major portals in China – Sina Sports and Tencent Sport – have also been expunged.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Castka, Richard (1 April 2009). "Ex-badminton star Ye in Open quest". SCMP. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Chinese sports couple who denounced Communist Party may disappear from record books". South China Morning Post. 5 June 2020.
- ^ Yew, Lun Tian (4 June 2020). "Retired China soccer star calls for ouster of Communist Party". Reuters. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
External links[]
- Ye Zhaoying at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ye Zhaoying at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hangzhou
- Badminton players from Zhejiang
- Chinese female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of China
- Olympic bronze medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games bronze medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- World No. 1 badminton players