Liang Xiaoyu (; born 11 January 1996) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former

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 p ...

player. She is a one-time Olympian and a former national champion.

Early life

Liang was born on 11 January 1996, in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. She started playing badminton at a very young age under the influence of her father, a badminton trainer. She began to receive professional badminton training at the age of 7, and later became the champion of the Jiangsu's province junior team. Liang migrated to Singapore with his parents at the age of 10 and became a Singapore citizen in 2011. She became a member of the Singapore national badminton team in May 2011.

Career

Liang is a former national champion, having won the women's singles title at the 2012 edition. Liang was part of the mixed team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She represented Singapore at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, where she finished joint 9th in the singles and mixed event. She also clinched a women’s team bronze at the 2011, 2015 and 2017 Southeast Asian Games. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 26 August 2020, Liang announced on her social media that she had decided to retire from competitive badminton. She wrote, "I chose to retire due to injury. Thank you to my relatives and friends who have always supported me. Let's continue to work hard in the future!".

Awards

Liang received the 2017 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

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* * Living people 1996 births Sportspeople from Nanjing Badminton players from Jiangsu Chinese emigrants to Singapore Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Naturalised citizens of Singapore Chinese female badminton players Singaporean female badminton players Singapore Sports School alumni Badminton players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Singapore Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Singapore Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in badminton {{Singapore-badminton-bio-stub