Cheng Shao-chieh (; born 4 January 1986) 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 p ...

player from Taiwan. Cheng played

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed do ...

for the Republic of China as Chinese Taipei. In women's singles, she defeated

Ling Wan Ting Ling Wan Ting (; Jyutping: ling4 jyun2 ting4; born 24 November 1980) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. She played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Cheng Shao-chieh of Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in ...

of Hong Kong and

Jun Jae-youn Jun Jae-Youn or Jeon Jae-Yeon (born 9 February 1983) is a South Korean badminton player. Born in Pocheon, Jun was part of the Korea National Sport University. She was the champion at the 2004 Asian Championships in the women's singles event. S ...

of South Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Cheng lost to Gong Ruina of China 3–11, 3–11. Later that year, she played in the 2004 World Junior Championships, held in Richmond, Canada, where she won the gold title in girls' singles. She also participated in the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim, California, making it to the semifinals and taking a game from the eventual champion, Xie Xingfang. She achieved a world championship silver medal in 2011 in London. She reached the final, winning all her matches in straight games. In the quarterfinal she beat the then world number 1,

Wang Shixian Wang Shixian (; ; born 13 February 1990) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player. She is a former World No. 1 in women's singles. Career Wang Shixian was admitted into Chinese Junior National Team in 2005 and was soon promoted t ...

from China, and in the semifinal she outclassed Juliane Schenk from Germany 18 and 6. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she again reached the quarter-finals, qualifying through from group C. She then beat Gu Juan in the second round before losing to Wang Yihan.

Achievements

World Championships

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

Summer Universiade

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

World University Championships

''Women's singles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' singles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF Superseries

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

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles''

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Shao-chieh 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Taipei Taiwanese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Taiwan Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei Universiade gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Universiade silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Universiade bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Universiade medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade