Jin Yujia

Jin Yujia
Personal information
Country  Singapore
Born (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997
Hangzhou, China
Residence Singapore
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Handedness Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 51 (WD 15 June 2017)
80 (XD 20 July 2017)
BWF profile

Jin Yujia (Chinese: 金羽佳; born 6 February 1997) is a Singapore badminton player.[1] Her mother Yang Nianhong was an ex-Chinese national player. Born in Hangzhou, Jin arrived in Singapore in 2008 in search of schooling options. She attended Yu Neng Primary School and completed her O Level examinations at Anglican High School, before joining the national team to play full-time.[2] She won her first senior international title at the 2017 India International Series tournament in Hyderabad, India.[3] At the 2018 Mongolia International, she won double titles in the mixed and women's doubles event.[4]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Mongolia International Singapore Citra Putri Sari Dewi Macau Gong Xue Xin
Macau Ng Weng Chi
21–16, 21–9 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 India International Singapore Citra Putri Sari Dewi Malaysia Lim Jee Lynn
Malaysia Yap Zhen
20–22, 21–9, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Iran Fajr International Singapore Citra Putri Sari Dewi Singapore Ong Ren-Ne
Singapore Crystal Wong
8–11, 13–11, 11–7, 8–11, 5–11 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Mongolia International Singapore Bimo Adi Prakoso Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Singapore Crystal Wong
21–11, 22–20 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Yujia Jin". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. "Badminton: Foreign-born trio are products of local system". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. "Lakhsya, Tanishq clinch titles". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. "S'pore shuttlers win 4 titles in Mongolia". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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