Huang Sui (; born 8 January 1982) is a
Chinese
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-
Australian
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female
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player.
Career
Although Huang has won the
Chinese National mixed doubles title almost all of her many international titles have come in women's doubles with
Gao Ling
Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player.
Career
Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. ...
, in a partnership where Huang's strength and consistency in the backcourt have complemented Gao's ability in the forecourt. They have captured over thirty top tier events since 2001, sharing dominance at the world level with their
Chinese teammates and rivals
Yang Wei and
Zhang Jiewen
Zhang Jiewen (; born 4 January 1981) is a Chinese former badminton player.
Career
One of China's most successful women's doubles specialists, Zhang has won some thirty international titles, the vast majority of them in partnership with Yang ...
. Huang and Gao have been especially successful at the
All-England Championships, winning a record six consecutive finals there, three of them over Yang and Zhang, from 2001 through 2006. They reached the final of five consecutive editions of the
BWF World Championships
The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious i ...
; winning in
2001
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,
2003
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, and
2006
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, and finishing second to Yang and Zhang in
2005
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and
2007
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. Huang was a silver medalist with Gao at the
2004 Athens Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
also won by Yang and Zhang. Neither team figured in the medals at the
2008 Olympics
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(won by another Chinese pair,
Du Jing
Du Jing (; born 23 June 1984) is a former China, Chinese badminton player from Anshan, Liaoning.
Career
A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang (badminton), Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doub ...
and
Yu Yang). Huang has been a member of
China's perennial world champion Uber Cup
The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...
(women's international) team since
2002
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. In 2005 Huang's
smash was clocked at . She retired from the sport at the end of the 2007 season and subsequently moved to
Sydney
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,
Australia
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with her husband.
After a long absence from the sport Huang returned to the court in 2012, this time as an Australian.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Women's doubles''
World Championships
''Women's doubles''
World Cup
''Women's doubles''
Asian Games
''Women's doubles''
Asian Championships
''Women's doubles''
World Junior Championships
''Girls' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Junior Championships
''Girls' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in
2007
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, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...
(BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as
Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,
with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
''Women's doubles''
:
BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...
tournament
:
BWF Superseries Premier tournament
:
BWF Superseries
The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007.
Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...
tournament
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels:
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...
(BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.
''Women's doubles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Badminton players from Hunan
Chinese emigrants to Australia
Chinese female badminton players
Australian female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of China
Olympic silver medalists for China
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games