Ye Zhaoying

Ye Zhaoying 叶钊颖
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1974-05-07) May 7, 1974 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Singles World Championships 1995 Lausanne Women's Singles 1997 Glasgow Women's Singles 1993 Birmingham Women's Singles Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Women's team 1994 Hiroshima Team 1994 Hiroshima Women's Singles Badminton World Cup 1995 Jakarta Women's Singles Uber Cup 1992 Kuala Lumpur Team 1998 Hong Kong Team 2000 Kuala Lumpur Team Sudirman Cup 1995 Lausanne Team 1997 Glasgow Team

Ye Zhaoying (simplified Chinese: 叶钊颖; traditional Chinese: 葉釗穎; pinyin: Yè Zhāoyǐng; born May 7, 1974, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang) is a retired badminton player from Hangzhou, China. Officially ranked as the number one women's singles player in the world for the first time in December 1995, she lost and regained that ranking several times during her career. Her best years as a player overlapped those of the slightly older Susi Susanti and Bang Soo-hyun, in what some see as a "golden" era in women's badminton.

She retired after the Sydney (2000) Olympic Games.

Achievement

Her main achievements include winning the World Grand Prix in 1995, 1997 and 1999, the IBF World Championships in 1995 and 1997, and the IBF World Cup in 1995. She played on Chinese teams that won the Uber Cup in 1992, 1998 and 2000 and the Sudirman Cup in 1995, 1997 and 1999. She won the prestigious All-England title in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Her other titles include: Asian Badminton Championships in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998,1999; Japan Open in 1993, 1996, 1999; Indonesia Open in 1992, 1993; Denmark Open in 1993; Hong Kong Open in 1993; Asian Cup of Badminton in 1994;China Open in 1995; Swedish Open in 1995; US Open in 1995; Singapore Open in 1992, 1998, 1999;Thailand Open in 2000 . She was a member of the Chinese Women's Badminton Team that won the Asian Games in 1998. In addition, she earned a bronze medal in the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, having been upset in the quarterfinals of the '96 Games in Atlanta. Ye Zhaoying was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Susi Susanti	10–12, 10–12	Bronze
1995	Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland	Han Jingna	11–7, 11–0	Gold
1997	Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Gong Zhichao	12–11, 11–8	Gold

World Cup

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Jakarta, Indonesia	Susi Susanti	12–9, 2–11, 12–9	Gold
1997	Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Susi Susanti	8–11, 5–11	Silver

World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Dai Yun	11-4, 6-11,11-9	Gold
1997	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Susi Susanti	11-4, 11-4	Gold
1996	Denpasar, Indonesia	Susi Susanti	4-11, 1–11	Silver
1995	Singapore, Singapore	Lim Xiaoqing	12–10, 8–11, 11–8	Gold
1994	Bangkok, Thailand	Susi Susanti	11–4, 10–12, 4–11	Silver'
1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Susi Susanti	3–11, 9–12	Silver

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium Hiroshima, Japan	Bang Soo Hyun	12–10, 8–11,3-11	Bronze

References

• Player Profile