Zhang Yi (, born 16 May 1980) is a former

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player. In 1997, he reached the final at the Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with

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, beating their compatriots

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and Chen Hong in the semifinals with the straight games, but they lost to Malaysian paired in the final. In 2005, he compete in the men's singles main draw at the All England Open after won three match in the qualification round. Born in

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, Zhang had won the mixed doubles titles at the 2007

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, 2008

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and

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, also at the 2009

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. Zhang had been a player and coach of the Täby badminton club in

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since 2004. He also one of the initiators of the Swedish Chinese Association in badminton. As a Täby player, he clinched the 2006 Swedish National Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Joakim Andersson.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Yi 1980 births Living people Badminton players from Guangdong Chinese male badminton players