Zhang Yawen (; born 9 March 1985) is a
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 pe ...
player from China.
Career
Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either
Zhang Dan
Zhang Dan (; born 4 October 1985) is a Chinese former pair skater. With Zhang Hao, she is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a four-time (2005 bronze, 2006, 2008, 2009 silver) World medalist, and a two-time (2005, 2010) Four Continents cha ...
, or
Zhao Tingting
Zhao Tingting (; born 28 November 1982) is a Chinese badminton player from Nantong, Jiangsu.
Career
A doubles specialist, Zhao has often been a "utility player" on China's national team, winning international tournaments with a variety of compa ...
, or
Wei Yili to women's doubles victories at the
French (2002, 2007),
German
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(2004),
Thailand
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(2004),
Singapore
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(2005, 2007),
Indonesia
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(2006),
China
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(2008), and
Hong Kong
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(2008) Opens. Prior to 2009 her biggest triumph came with Wei Yili at the prestigious
All-England Championships in 2007 where they defeated compatriots
Gao Ling
Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player.
Career
Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. ...
and
Huang Sui
Huang Sui (; born 8 January 1982) is a Chinese-Australian female badminton player.
Career
Although Huang has won the Chinese National mixed doubles title almost all of her many international titles have come in women's doubles with Gao Ling, i ...
, and
Yang Wei and
Zhang Jiewen
Zhang Jiewen (; born 4 January 1981) is a Chinese former badminton player.
Career
One of China's most successful women's doubles specialists, Zhang has won some thirty international titles, the vast majority of them in partnership with Yang ...
, the two dominant teams of the era, respectively in the semifinals and finals. All of her mixed doubles titles have been earned in partnership with
Xie Zhongbo
Xie Zhongbo (; born 22 May 1983) is a former Chinese badminton player from Hunan and raised in Sichuan. After retired from the international tournament, he works as badminton coach in Sichuan.
Career
A doubles specialist on the world circuit, ...
and they include the
Badminton World Cup The World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group (IMG). It was held from 1979 to 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation decided to bring it back as invitationa ...
(2005), the
China Masters The Fuzhou China Open, formerly known as China Masters, is an annual badminton tournament held in China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. In 2014 the level of the tournament was downgraded to BWF Grand Prix Gold because, ...
(2006, 2008), and the
Hong Kong
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(2005, 2008),
Indonesia
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(2006),
Macau
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(2007), and
Thailand
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(2008) Opens.
Before 2009 Zhang had earned five medals, without yet "striking gold", at the
BWF World Championships
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. At the
2005 tournament she took a bronze in women's doubles with Zhang Dan, and a silver with Xie Zhongbo in mixed doubles behind
Indonesia
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's
Lilyana Natsir
Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tre ...
and
Nova Widianto
Andreas Nova Widianto (born 10 October 1977) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He is currently the Indonesia national team mixed doubles head coach.
Career
Nova Widianto is considered one of the greatest doubles player in his era. He i ...
. At the
2006 tournament Zhang and Wei Yili upset Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the semifinals but were beaten in the final by Gao Ling and Huang Sui. Zhang was eliminated in the semifinals of both doubles events at the
2007 edition in
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At the
2008 Beijing Olympics
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she and Wei Yili were ousted from women's doubles gold medal contention in the semifinals by the eventual champions, compatriots
Du Jing
Du Jing (; born 23 June 1984) is a former China, Chinese badminton player from Anshan, Liaoning.
Career
A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang (badminton), Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doub ...
and
Yu Yang. In the playoff for third place they salvaged a bronze medal by defeating
Japan
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's
Miyuki Maeda
is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014.
Career
Maed ...
and
Satoko Suetsuna
is a badminton player from Japan. Born in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, she joined Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She was a bronze medalist at the 2011 BWF World Championships with her partner Miyuki Maeda.
Career ...
.
2009 proved to be Zhang's most successful season. With Zhao Tingting she captured women's doubles titles at the two most prestigious events for individual players outside of the Olympics, the
All-England Championships and the
BWF World Championships
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, defeating compatriots
Cheng Shu
Cheng Shu (; born 11 July 1987) is a Chinese badminton doubles player.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
''Women's doubles''
Asian Championships
''Women's doubles''
East Asian Games
''Women's doubles''
Asian Junior Championshi ...
and
Zhao Yunlei
Zhao Yunlei (born 25 August 1986) is a mixed and women's doubles badminton player from China. She graduated with a BA from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She is the first and only badminton player to have ever won two gold medals ...
in the final of each.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Women's doubles''
BWF World Championships
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
World Cup
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Games
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Championships
''Women's doubles''
East Asian Games
''Mixed doubles''
World Junior Championships
''Girls' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Junior Championships
''Girls' singles''
''Girls' doubles''
''Mixed 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
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(BWF). BWF Superseries levels are
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''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...
tournament
:
BWF Superseries Premier tournament
:
BWF Superseries
The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007.
Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...
tournament
BWF Grand Prix
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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation
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(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 tournament
:
BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
IBF International
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
References
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1985 births
Living people
Badminton players from Chongqing
Chinese female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of China
Olympic bronze medalists for China
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
World No. 1 badminton players