Yao Fen (; born January 2, 1967) is a Chinese former international level women's

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player.

Career

A doubles specialist, Yao won a number of top tier events on the world circuit in the early 1990s. Her earliest international success came in partnership with Lai Caiqin with whom she captured women's doubles' titles at the

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Opens and the

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in 1990. In her most successful season, 1992, she paired with

Lin Yanfen Lin Yanfen (; born January 4, 1971) is a Chinese female badminton player of the 1990s. Career Lin was a women's doubles specialist who paired with Yao Fen to win several top tier international tournaments. These included the Swedish (1992), ...

to win the

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, and the prestigious All-England Championships. Yao and Lin were bronze medalists at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and played doubles for China's world champion

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(women's international) team. In 1993 they won the

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women's doubles and were runners-up in defense of their title at the All England Championships.

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1967 births Living people Chinese female badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of China Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic medalists in badminton Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players from Hainan Badminton players at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games {{PRChina-badminton-bio-stub