Pi Hongyan (; born 25 January 1979) is a former Chinese

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player, who later represented

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Career

Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the intense competition to gain positions on its

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, and because of the elite status within the sport that such a player is likely to hold in other badminton playing countries. Her titles include women's singles at the

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(1999),

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(2001, 2002),

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(2001, 2002),

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(2001, 2003),

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(2001, 2005), Croatian (2003), French (2003, 2004, 2005),

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(2004),

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(2005),

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(2006) and

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(2009) Opens. At the biennial

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she was a silver medalist in

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and a bronze medalist in

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and

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. She was runner-up to China's

Xie Xingfang Xie Xingfang (born January 8, 1981) is a retired Chinese badminton player from Guangzhou, Guangdong. She is a former defending two-time world champion for women's singles, and former women's singles World No. 1. Her first big title was in girl ...

at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2007. Pi has been at least a quarter-finalist in each of the last six consecutive

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(

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, and

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), with a bronze medal in 2009, as well as a quarter-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Women's singles''

European Championships

''Women's singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

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(BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Women's singles'' :

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 had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament : BWF/IBF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

References

External links

*
Official website of Pi Hongyan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pi, Hongyan 1979 births Living people Badminton players from Chongqing Chinese female badminton players French female badminton players Chinese emigrants to France Naturalized citizens of France People who lost Chinese citizenship Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of France