Yap Rui Chen (born 29 March 1996) is a Malaysian

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player. She was selected to represent Malaysia at the

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, Taiwan.

Career

Yap plays both singles and doubles. She won her first international title in the

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. In the same year, she won the

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Challenge. Yap and her team won a bronze medal at the

. In 2022, she participated in the

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and won a gold medal in the women's team event and a gold in women's doubles.

Achievements

ASEAN University Games

''Women's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament :

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tournament

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* 1996 births Living people People from Muar Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian female badminton players Summer World University Games medalists in badminton FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade 21st-century Malaysian women Sportspeople from Johor {{Malaysia-badminton-bio-stub