Yeo Jia Min

Yeo Jia Min
Personal information
Country  Singapore
Born (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999
Singapore
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Handedness Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking 44 (13 July 2017)
Current ranking 74 (30 August 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
2015 Singapore Women's team
Asian Junior Championships
2017 Jakarta Girls' singles
BWF profile

Yeo Jia Min (born 1 February 1999) is a Singaporean badminton player.[1] Yeo was born and bred in Singapore to Malaysian parents who are Singapore permanent residents. The teenager received her Singapore citizenship in the last couple of years.[2] In 2015, she clinched two titles at the Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships in Kudus, Indonesia.[3] She won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, and also part of the national team that won the women's team bronze at the 2015 and 2017 Southeast Asian Games.[4] Yeo was ranked World Junior No.1 in the girls' singles event in June 2017.[5] She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[6]

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Thailand Pattarasuda Chaiwan 21–15, 17–21, 17–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Vietnam Open Super 100 China Han Yue 21–19, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Vietnam Open Japan Ayumi Mine 21–14, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 White Nights Hong Kong Joy Xuan Deng 7–21, 21–13, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Singapore International Indonesia Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 20–22, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Jia Min Yeo". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Future world-beaters". AsiaOne. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Jia Min Yeo". Badminton Asia Confederation. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Yeo Jia Min". www.myactivesg.com. Singapore Sports Council. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Badminton: Singapore's Yeo Jia Min tops world junior ranking". gc2018.com. Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Participants: Jia Min Yeo". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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