Liu Yong (; born 12 August 1975) is a former international level
badminton player for
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
who specialized in mixed doubles.
He is married to former singles player on the
Chinese national badminton team Dai Yun
Dai Yun (; born 22 November 1977) is a Chinese former badminton 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 th ...
.
Career
Liu Yong started badminton training when he was 8, and was taken into the
Chinese National Team in 1993. He won numerous international titles in mixed doubles, the majority of them with
Ge Fei. He won men's doubles at the 2002
Malaysia Open with
Chen Qiqiu
Chen Qiqiu (; born January 4, 1978, in Meizhou, Guangdong, China) is a former male badminton player from the People's Republic of China. He is now a doubles coach for the Chinese national team.
Career
A doubles specialist who has paired with a ...
. In 2004, he joined the Unisys in Japan as a player and coach for the team.
World Championships
Liu won the
1997 IBF World Championships
The 1997 IBF World Championships (Badminton) were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 24 May and 1 June 1997.
Venue
*Scotstoun Centre
Medalists Medal table
Events
External linksBWF Results
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World Championships
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in mixed doubles, with
Ge Fei, beating
Jens Eriksen and
Marlene Thomsen in the final. They also won a bronze medal at the
1999 IBF World Championships
The 1999 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 10 May and 23 May 1999.
Host city selection
Copenhagen, Denmark, was chosen over Gothenburg, Sweden, as the host for 1999 IBF World Champi ...
. In the next edition in
2001
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, Liu reached the mixed doubles quarterfinals with
Cheng Jiao
Cheng Jiao (born 28 April 1994) is a Chinese Paralympian swimmer who won three gold medals in Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Swimming at the 2016 Paralympic Games was held from 8 to 17 September 2016 at Rio Olympic Aquatics Stad ...
but lost to
Michael Søgaard and
Rikke Olsen
Rikke Olsen Siegemund (born 19 April 1975) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She won the mixed doubles title at the World Junior Championships in 1992 and the girls' doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 1993.
Born in ...
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Summer Olympics
Liu Yong competed in
badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with
Ge Fei. In the first round they had a bye, and in the second round they were defeated by
Chris Bruil and
Erica van den Heuvel, from the
Netherlands.
Achievements
World Championships
''Mixed doubles''
World Cup
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Games
''Men's doubles''
Asian Championships
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Cup
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
World Junior Championships
''Boys' doubles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Nanjing
Badminton players from Jiangsu
Chinese male 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 silver medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
World No. 1 badminton players
Chinese badminton coaches
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