Yang Li Lian (born 26 January 1993) is a Malaysian

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 p ...

player. In 2014, she competed at the

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in Incheon, South Korea.

Career

In 2010, she won a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships in the girls'doubles event partnered with

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. In 2013, she competed at the

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, Russia. In 2014, she became the runner-up at the

Iran Fajr International The Iran Fajr International in badminton is an international open held in Tehran, Iran and a part of the Fajr decade festival. This tournament is one of the eldest tournament in the Western Asia which was formerly known as Ten Days of Dawn in comme ...

tournament in the women's singles event after defeated by her compatriot Tee Jing Yi. She also won the 2015 Bahrain International Series in the women's singles and mixed doubles event, and the 2017

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in the women's singles and doubles events. In January 2015, Li Lian announced her retirement from the Badminton Association of Malaysia in pursuit of her further education. Li Lian subsequently graduated from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom with a first-class honours in Mathematics and Economics.

Achievements

Summer Universiade

''Women's singles''

Commonwealth Youth Games

''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Li Lian 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Selangor Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton Universiade bronze medalists for Malaysia Universiade medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade 21st-century Malaysian women