Wei Yili (; born 24 June 1982) is a 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 pe ...
player from China.
Career
A women's doubles specialist, since 2001 Wei has competed on the world circuit in partnership with a variety of her fellow countrywomen, but most often with
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 ...
,
Zhao Tingting
Zhao Tingting (; born 28 November 1982) is a Chinese badminton player from Nantong, Jiangsu.
Career
A doubles specialist, Zhao has often been a "utility player" on China's national team, winning international tournaments with a variety of compa ...
or
Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen (; born 9 March 1985) is a badminton player from China.
Career
Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either Zhang Dan, ...
. A member of
China's perennial world champion Uber Cup teams, in the biggest events for individual players (such as 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 ...
, the
All-England Championships, and the
Olympic Games
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) Wei and her partners have usually been overshadowed by China's two dominant women's doubles pairs,
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. ...
and
Huang Sui
Huang Sui (; born 8 January 1982) is a Chinese-Australian female badminton 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, i ...
, and
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 ...
. One exception came at the
2007 All-Englands where Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen defeated both of these teams to capture the highly coveted title. Her other women's doubles titles include the
China
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(2001),
Singapore
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(2001, 2007),
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(2002, 2004),
Thailand
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(2003),
Indonesia
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(2006), and
French (2007) Opens.
Wei has medaled four times at the
BWF World Championships
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without "striking gold". She earned a silver with Zhang Jiewen in
2001
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, a silver with Zhao Tingting in
2003
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, a silver with Zhang Yawen in
2006
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, and a bronze with Zhang Yawen in
2007
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. She finished fourth at the
2004 Olympics in Athens with Zhao Tingting. At the
2008 Beijing Olympics
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Wei and Zhang Yawen were beaten in the semifinals by yet 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, who went on to win the gold medal. Wei and Zhang earned a bronze medal by defeating Japan's
Miyuki Maeda
is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014.
Career
Maed ...
and
Satoko Suetsuna
is a badminton player from Japan. Born in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, she joined Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She was a bronze medalist at the 2011 BWF World Championships with her partner Miyuki Maeda.
Career ...
in the playoff for third place.
In 2008, Wei retired from the national team. She received an award during a ceremony to mark her retirement with five other teammates from the Chinese national badminton team on the sidelines of the
China Open badminton event in Shanghai, November 23, 2008. However, she was still playing a year later by partnering 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. ...
. They lost to Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the
Thailand Open final of 2009, but won the
Philippines Open of 2009.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Women's doubles''
BWF World Championships
''Women's doubles''
World Cup
''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, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the
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 levels are
Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.
Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.
''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
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BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold BWF may refer to: Sports organisations Badminton
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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
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) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
''Women's doubles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
IBF International
''Women's doubles''
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
People from Yichang
Badminton players from Hubei
Chinese female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of China
Olympic bronze medalists for China
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games