Dai Yun (; born 22 November 1977) is a Chinese former
badminton
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player.
Career
At the beginning of the century Dai was ranked among the world's leading women's singles players, most of whom were her fellow countrywomen. Her titles included the
Chinese Taipei
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(1999),
Malaysia
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(1999),
Thailand
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(1999, 2003), and
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(2000) Opens. She was a highly effective member of consecutive world champion
Chinese
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Uber Cup
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(women's international) teams in
1998
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Events January
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,
2000
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,
2002
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. However, in badminton's three most prestigious competitions for individual players – the
All-England Championships, the
World Championships
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, and the
Olympic Games
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– victory eluded Dai. She was a runner-up to Chinese teammates at the
1999
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and
2000 All-Englands. At the
1999 World Championships in
Copenhagen
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she reached the final only to lose the closest of matches to
Denmark
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's
Camilla Martin
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. At the
2000 Olympics
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in
Sydney
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she was beaten by Martin, again, in the semifinals, and then lost a close bronze medal match to fellow countrywoman
Ye Zhaoying
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. Dai's results slipped somewhat after 2000, and she retired from international play in 2004.
She is married to another former Chinese badminton player,
Liu Yong.
Achievements
World Championships
''Women's singles''
Asian Championships
''Women's singles''
IBF World Grand Prix
''Women's singles''
Record against selected opponents
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Nanjing
Badminton players from Jiangsu
Chinese female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of China
Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
World No. 1 badminton players