Xu Rong (born around 1958), is a former

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player from

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, who ranks among the best of her time.

Career

Xu Rong was one of the main Chinese players who dominated the women's game after China joined the

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in 1981 in both singles and doubles. She was well known for her all-rounded excellence on the court, and she won the National Championships in singles (1977). Although primarily a doubles player she was strong enough in singles to reach the final of the

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, and to win the very first Hong Kong Open in 1982. With her regular partner

Wu Jianqui Wu Jianqiu (, born 1962) is a retired female badminton player from China. 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 International Badminton Feder ...

she won the

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in 1982 and the prestigious All-England Championships in 1983.Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd.) 108. Xu Rong was also a member of the woman's team that won the Asian Games Team Event in 1982. Xu Rong and Wu were bronze medalists at the 1983 IBF World Championships. In one of her last international appearances Xu won women's doubles at the 1985 Hong Kong Open with

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. She was a member of China's world champion

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(women's international) team in

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, and helped her team to a 5-0 victory. She retired in 1985.

Achievements

World Championships

World Cup

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

International tournaments

Notes

Chinese female badminton players Living people 1958 births Badminton players from Jiangsu Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games {{PRChina-badminton-bio-stub