Yang Wei (; born 13 January 1979) is a Chinese former

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player who affiliate with Guangdong provincial team.

Career

A woman's doubles specialist, Yang has won some forty international titles, most of them in the sport's top tier events, since 1998. Prior to 2003 she partnered Huang Nanyan with whom she earned a silver medal at the Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sydney Olympics and gained the winning point against Korea national badminton team, South Korea in the 2002 Uber Cup (women's world team championship) final. Her subsequent partnership with Zhang Jiewen has been even more successful as they have shared international domination with compatriot rivals Gao Ling and Huang Sui. Yang and Zhang captured gold at the Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Athens Olympics by defeating Gao and Huang in the final. They bested the same team in winning both the 2005 IBF World Championships, 2005 and 2007 BWF World Championships. On the other hand, Gao and Huang have been an obstacle for them at the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships, All-England Championships, defeating Yang and Zhang in the 2003 All England Open Badminton Championships, 2003, 2004 All England Open Badminton Championships, 2004, and 2006 All England Open Badminton Championships, 2006 finals. Curiously, this is the one major tournament that neither Yang nor Zhang has ever won. In 2008 Uber Cup, 2008 Yang helped China national badminton team, China to secure its sixth consecutive Uber Cup title and won women's doubles at the Swiss Open (badminton), Swiss, Thailand Open (badminton), Thailand, and Malaysia Open (badminton), Malaysia Opens with Zhang Jiewen. At the Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing Olympics where they were first seeded, however, Yang and Zhang were upset in the quarterfinals by Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna. The event was eventually won by a younger Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang (badminton), Yu Yang, perhaps signaling a changing of the guard in the Chinese dynasty. Yang Wei received an award during a ceremony to mark her retirement with five other teammates from the Chinese national badminton team on the sidelines of the China Open (badminton), China Open badminton event in Shanghai, November 23, 2008.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Women's doubles''

BWF World Championships

''Women's doubles''

World Cup

''Women's doubles''

Asian Games

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are BWF Superseries, Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries, BWF Superseries Premier tournament : BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

References

External links

Yang Wei
at sports.sina.com.cn * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Wei 1979 births Living people Badminton players from Wuhan Badminton players from Guangdong Chinese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in badminton Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games World No. 1 badminton players