Yang Wei (badminton)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Wei 杨维
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1979-01-13) 13 January 1979 Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Huang Nanyan June 1999) 1 (with Zhang Jiewen October 2003)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing China Olympic Games 2004 Athens Women's doubles 2000 Sydney Women's doubles World Championships 2005 Anaheim Women's doubles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 2006 Madrid Women's doubles World Cup 2005 Yiyang Women's doubles 2006 Yiyang Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team 2001 Seville Mixed team 2005 Beijing Mixed team 2007 Glasgow Mixed team Uber Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2002 Guangzhou Women's team 2004 Jakarta Women's team 2006 Sendai & Tokyo Women's team 2008 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 2002 Busan Women's team 2006 Doha Women's team 2006 Doha Women's doubles 2002 Busan Women's doubles Asian Championships 2002 Bangkok Women's doubles 2007 Johor Bahru Women's doubles 2008 Johor Bahru Women's doubles 2009 Suwon Women's doubles World Junior Championships 1996 Silkeborg Girls' doubles Asia Junior Championships 1997 Manila Girls' team 1997 Manila Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Yang Wei (simplified Chinese: 杨维; traditional Chinese: 楊維; pinyin: Yáng Wéi; Cantonese Yale: Yeung Wai; born 13 January 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player who affiliate with Guangdong provincial team.

Career

A woman's doubles specialist, Yang has won some forty international titles, most of them in the sport's top tier events, since 1998. Prior to 2003 she partnered Huang Nanyan with whom she earned a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and gained the winning point against South Korea in the 2002 Uber Cup (women's world team championship) final. Her subsequent partnership with Zhang Jiewen has been even more successful as they have shared international domination with compatriot rivals Gao Ling and Huang Sui. Yang and Zhang captured gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics by defeating Gao and Huang in the final. They bested the same team in winning both the 2005 and 2007 BWF World Championships. On the other hand, Gao and Huang have been an obstacle for them at the prestigious All-England Championships, defeating Yang and Zhang in the 2003, 2004, and 2006 finals. Curiously, this is the one major tournament that neither Yang nor Zhang has ever won.

In 2008 Yang helped China to secure its sixth consecutive Uber Cup title and won women's doubles at the Swiss, Thailand, and Malaysia Opens with Zhang Jiewen. At the Beijing Olympics where they were first seeded, however, Yang and Zhang were upset in the quarterfinals by Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna. The event was eventually won by a younger Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang, perhaps signaling a changing of the guard in the Chinese dynasty. Yang Wei received an award during a ceremony to mark her retirement with five other teammates from the Chinese national badminton team on the sidelines of the China Open badminton event in Shanghai, 23 November 2008.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Huang Nanyan	Ge Fei Gu Jun	5–15, 5–15	Silver
2004	Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	7–15, 15–4, 15–8	Gold

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	17–16, 15–7	Gold
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Zhang Jiewen	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	14–21, 19–21	Bronze
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–16, 21–19	Gold

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Zhang Jiewen	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	21–18, 21–15	Gold
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	19–21, 6–21	Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Huang Nanyan	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	7–11, 9–11	Bronze
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–18, 21–23, 14–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	11–8, 11–6	Gold
2007	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Zhao Tingting	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	21–10, 21–11	Gold
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Zhang Jiewen	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	22–20, 21–16	Gold
2009	Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Zhang Jiewen	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	16–21, 20–22	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Silkeborg Hallerne, Silkeborg, Denmark	Gao Ling	Lu Ying Zhan Xubin	15–12, 15–8	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Gao Ling	Chor Hooi Yee Lim Pek Siah		Gold

BWF Superseries (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Korea Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–12, 14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2007	All England Open	Zhang Jiewen	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	16–21, 21–8, 22–24	Runner-up
2007	Swiss Open	Zhao Tingting	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2007	Singapore Open	Zhao Tingting	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	21–10, 19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Indonesia Open	Zhao Tingting	Du Jing Yu Yang	8–21, 21–16, 20–22	Runner-up
2007	China Masters	Zhao Tingting	Vita Marissa Liliyana Natsir	21–12, 15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2007	Japan Open	Zhang Jiewen	Yu Yang Zhao Tingting	21–17, 21–5	Winner
2007	Denmark Open	Zhang Jiewen	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	12–21, 21–19, 21–19	Winner
2008	Malaysia Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Zhao Tingting	21–13, 16–21, 24–22	Winner
2008	Swiss Open	Zhang Jiewen	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	21–18, 22–24, 21–8	Winner
2009	Malaysia Open	Zhang Jiewen	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (33 titles, 20 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Brunei Open	Huang Nanyan	Rikke Olsen Marlene Thomsen	15–11, 17–14	Winner
1998	Dutch Open	Huang Nanyan	Naomi Murakami Hiromi Yamada	15–7, 15–4	Winner
1998	Denmark Open	Huang Nanyan	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	17–15, 10–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1999	Korea Open	Huang Nanyan	Ge Fei Zhang Ning	15–10, 15–1	Winner
1999	Chinese Taipei Open	Huang Nanyan	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	13–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1999	Japan Open	Huang Nanyan	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15–12, 16–17, 5–15	Runner-up
1999	Singapore Open	Huang Nanyan	Carmelita Indarti Issolina	15–3, 15–8	Winner
2000	Korea Open	Huang Nanyan	Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min	6–15, 15–8, 5–15	Runner-up
2000	Swiss Open	Huang Nanyan	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	5–15, 15–8, 9–15	Runner-up
2000	Japan Open	Huang Nanyan	Ge Fei Gu Jun	13–15, 15–4, 15–11	Winner
2000	Thailand Open	Huang Nanyan	Ge Fei Gu Jun	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2000	Malaysia Open	Huang Nanyan	Ge Fei Gu Jun	17–15, 6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2000	World Grand Prix Finals	Huang Nanyan	Chen Lin Jiang Xuelian	8–6, 7–3, 3–7, 7–3	Winner
2001	Korea Open	Huang Nanyan	Kim Kyeung-ran Ra Kyung-min	15–13, 15–10	Winner
2001	Japan Open	Huang Nanyan	Gao Ling Huang Sui	13–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2001	Malaysia Open	Huang Nanyan	Gao Ling Huang Sui	7–1, 4–7, 7–3, 7–0	Winner
2001	China Open	Huang Nanyan	Wei Yili Zhang Jiewen	6–8, 3–7, 8–6, 7–8	Runner-up
2002	Malaysia Open	Huang Nanyan	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	11–5, 11–5	Winner
2002	Singapore Open	Huang Nanyan	Hwang Yu-mi Lee Hyo-jung	11–1, 11–8	Winner
2003	All England Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	9–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2003	Swiss Open	Zhang Jiewen	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	11–7, 6–11, 11–4	Winner
2003	Singapore Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	17–16, 15–7	Winner
2003	Indonesia Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Walkover	Runner-up
2003	Malaysia Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–5, 1–15, 17–15	Winner
2003	Denmark Open	Zhang Jiewen	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	15–2, 15–1	Winner
2003	German Open	Zhang Jiewen	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	6–15, 17–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2003	Hong Kong Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	14–17, 5–15	Runner-up
2003	China Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	8–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2004	Swiss Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Walkover	Runner-up
2004	All England Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Walkover	Runner-up
2004	Korea Open	Zhang Jiewen	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	15–8, 9–15, 15–6	Winner
2004	Malaysia Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–7, 15–6	Winner
2004	China Open	Zhang Jiewen	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	15–14, 15–12	Winner
2004	Singapore Open	Zhang Jiewen	Sathinee Chankrachangwong Saralee Thungthongkam	15–5, 9–15, 15–11	Winner
2004	Indonesia Open	Zhang Jiewen	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	15–10, 15–5	Winner
2005	Japan Open	Zhang Jiewen	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	15–12, 15–2	Winner
2005	Malaysia Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–6, 15–8	Winner
2005	Hong Kong Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–13, 8–15, 15–6	Winner
2005	China Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–10, 15–4	Winner
2006	German Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	3–15, 15–11, 15–10	Winner
2006	All England Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–6, 11–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2006	Indonesia Open	Zhang Jiewen	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2006	Singapore Open	Zhang Jiewen	Zhang Dan Zhao Tingting	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2006	Korea Open	Zhang Jiewen	Jo Novita Greysia Polii	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2006	Hong Kong Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–19, 15–21, 21–19	Winner
2006	China Open	Zhang Jiewen	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	21–17, 21–7	Winner
2007	German Open	Zhang Jiewen	Du Jing Yu Yang	21–8, 21–7	Winner
2007	Bitburger Open	Zhang Jiewen	Natalie Munt Joanne Nicholas	21–11, 21–10	Winner
2008	Thailand Open	Zhang Jiewen	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	15–21, 21–13, 21–13	Winner
2009	Thailand Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Wei Yili	22–24, 21–17, 21–15	Winner
2009	Macau Open	Zhang Jiewen	Du Jing Yu Yang	16–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2009	Chinese Taipei Open	Zhang Jiewen	Vita Marissa Mona Santoso	21–14, 21–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Dutch Open	Chen Qiqiu	Jon Holst-Christensen Ann Jorgensen	7–15, 6–15	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

External links

• Yang Wei at sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yang Wei". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.