Zhang Ailing (badminton)

Zhang Ailing

Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
World Championships
	1978 Bangkok	Women's singles
	1978 Bangkok	Women's doubles
	1979 Hangzhou	Women's team
	1979 Hangzhou	Women's doubles
	1983 Copenhagen	Women's singles
World Games
	1981 Santa Clara	Women's singles
	1981 Santa Clara	Women's doubles
World Cup
	1983 Kuala Lumpur	Women's singles
Uber Cup
	1984 Kuala Lumpur	Women's team
Asian Games
	1978 Bangkok	Women's team
	1978 Bangkok	Mixed doubles
	1982 New Delhi	Women's singles
	1982 New Delhi	Women's team

Zhang Ailing (Chinese: 张爱玲; pinyin: Zhāng Àilíng; born 1957) is a retired badminton player from China.

Career[]

In 1978 Zhang won women's singles at the rival "world championship" which was run by the short-lived World Badminton Federation prior to China's entry into the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation). She was the dominant international singles player when China joined the IBF in 1981, winning the multi-sport World Games in 1981, the Asian Games in 1982,^[1] and the prestigious All-England Championships in both 1982 and 1983,^[2] as well as a host of other significant titles. In the 1983 IBF World Championships, however, she was beaten in the semifinal by Chinese teammate Han Aiping^[3] and after this result was unable to regain her previous dominance. Zhang played third singles on China's 1984 Uber Cup (women's international) team which won the team world championship.

Whether because Zhang, by then in her late twenties, could no longer beat her teammates Han and Li Lingwei, or because of her marriage to fellow Chinese player Chen Changjie, she disappeared from international badminton after the 1983-1984 season.

Achievements[]

World Championships[]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Bangkok, Thailand		11–4, 11–4	Gold
1983	Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Han Aiping	7–11, 7–11	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Bangkok, Thailand			5–15, 15–9, 15–10	Gold
1979	Hangzhou, China	Liu Xia		10–15, 11–15	Silver

World Cup[]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Han Aiping	11–6, 5–11, 4–11	Silver

World Games[]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Hwang Sun-ai	9–11, 11–9, 12–9	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Liu Xia	Jane Webster Nora Perry	11–15, 15–4, 15–8	Gold

Asian Games[]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Indraprastha Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Li Lingwei	11–6, 11–8	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Bangkok, Thailand		Hariamanto Kartono Theresia Widiastuti		Gold

International tournaments[]

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Scandinavian Cup	Lene Køppen	6–11, 11–12	Runner-up
1981	English Masters	Lene Køppen	11–6, 11–12, 11–6	Winner
1982	All England Open	Li Lingwei	11–4, 11–6	Winner
1983	All England Open	Wu Jianqiu	11–5, 10–12, 12–9	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Scandinavian Cup	Liu Xia	Jane Webster Nora Perry	12–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1981	English Masters	Liu Xia	Gillian Gilks Yoshiko Yonekura	15–10, 3–15, 15–6	Winner

  IBF Grand Prix tournament

Invitational tournament[]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
	Asian Invitational Championships	Liu Xia	2–11, 7–11	Silver

References[]