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Hongyan Pi
Pi Hongyan (; born 25 January 1979) is a former Chinese badminton player, who later represented France. Career Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the intense competition to gain positions on its national team, and because of the elite status within the sport that such a player is likely to hold in other badminton playing countries. Her titles include women's singles at the U.S. (1999), German (2001, 2002), Bitburger (2001, 2002), Portugal (2001, 2003), Swiss (2001, 2005), Croatian (2003), French (2003, 2004, 2005), Dutch (2004), Denmark (2005), Singapore (2006) and India (2009) Opens. At the biennial European Championships she was a silver medalist in 2004 and a bronze medalist in 2008 and 2010. She was runner-up to China's Xie Xingfang at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2007. Pi has been at least a quarter-finalist in each of the last six consecutive BWF World Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pi (surname)
Pi is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized P'i in Wade–Giles, and Pei in Cantonese. Pi is listed 85th in the Song dynasty classic text '' Hundred Family Surnames''. According to a 2008 study, it was not among the 300 most common surnames in China. However a 2013 study found that it was the 279th most common name, being shared by 229,000 people or 0.017% of the population, with the province with the most people being Hunan. The same surname is also a Korean family name (), shared by 6,578 people in South Korea in 2015. Notable people * Pi Rixiu (ca. 834–883), Tang dynasty poet * Pi Guangye (877–943), chancellor of the Wuyue Kingdom * Pi Xirui ( 皮錫瑞; 1850–1908), Qing dynasty Confucianist * Pi Zongshi (1887–1967), President of Hunan University The president of Hunan University is the highest academic official of Hunan University. The president is the chief executive, appointed by the Minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
