Wu Jianqiu (, born 1962) is a retired female

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

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Career

Wu was one of China's leading combination women's singles and doubles players in the first several years after her country joined the

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(now

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 ...

). She won the Danish Open women's singles in 1982 (the first of the two Danish Opens that were played that year). In 1983 she won the prestigious

All-England Open The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the Badminton World Federation, BWF's latest grading system, it was given BWF Super Series, Super Series st ...

women's doubles title with Xu Rong and was runner-up in the singles to fellow countrywoman

Zhang Ailing Eileen Chang ( zh, t=張愛玲, s=张爱玲, first=t, w=Chang1 Ai4-ling2, p=Zhāng Àilíng；September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995), also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, or by her pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese-born A ...

. She also earned a bronze medal in women's doubles with Xu Rong at the 1983 IBF World Championships. In 1985 she won the Japan Open and a silver medal at the

IBF 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 ...

(defeating the great

Li Lingwei Li Lingwei (, born January 4, 1964) is a Chinese badminton player of the 1980s. She was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2012, and in December 2016, she was elected Vice President of the Chinese Olympic Committee. L ...

in the semifinals) in women's singles. Wu was a member of

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(women's international) teams which won world team championships in both

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Achievements

World Championships

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

World Cup

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

Open tournaments

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

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All England champions 1899-2007
Chinese female badminton players Living people 1962 births Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Badminton players from Jiangsu Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games {{PRChina-badminton-bio-stub