Liu Lu (; born 19 March 1977) was a former Chinese
badminton
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player. She was part of the national team that clinched an
Uber Cup
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in
1998 Hong Kong.
In the individual events, she participated at the
1994 World Junior Championships clinched a gold medal in the girls' doubles event partnered with
Yao Jie
Yao Jie (; born 10 April 1977) is a Chinese-born badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands.
Yao is one of a number of badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because the depth of badminton talent in that country h ...
.
Teamed-up with
Qian Hong, she won the women's doubles title at the 1996
Scottish Open and 1997
Swedish Open
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. Liu also won a gold and a silver medal at the 1997 Asian Championships in the mixed doubles event with
Zhang Jun, and in the women's doubles with Qian respectively. Liu and Qian also settled for a bronze medal at the
1997 World Championships. In January 1998, she was recorded as women's doubles world No. 4 in the IBF world ranking.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
''Women's doubles''
Asian Championships
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
World Junior Championships
''Girls' doubles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
''Women's doubles''
IBF International
''Women's doubles''
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
People from Yichang
Badminton players from Hubei
Chinese female badminton players
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