Lin Ying (, or Lam Ying in Cantonese, born 1963) is a Chinese former

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 and one of the most successful doubles specialists in the sport's modern history. During her 9-year career representing China's national badminton team, she won women's doubles at many world class tournaments and played on China's dominant

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teams of the 1980s. She has been nicknamed "The Chinese Queen of Doubles".

Career

Born in

Xiamen Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong' ...

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its ...

, Lin won the gold medal in women's doubles at the

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three times, in the 1983 with Wu Dixi, and in the 1987 and 1989 IBF World Championships with

Guan Weizhen Guan won numerous major international doubles titles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is the only woman to have won three consecutive women's doubles titles at the BWF World Championships. She won the 1987 and 1989 tournaments with Lin Y ...

. She, Guan Weizhen and three other later Chinese players,

Gao Ling Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. ...

and

Huang Sui Huang Sui (; born 8 January 1982) is a Chinese-Australian female badminton player. Career Although Huang has won the Chinese National mixed doubles title almost all of her many international titles have come in women's doubles with Gao Ling, in ...

, and Yu Yang are the only players who have won this title three times. She also won the World Badminton Grand Prix in women's doubles in 1987 and 1988 with Guan Weizhen, and the prestigious

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in 1982 and 1984 with Wu Dixi, in addition to many other international titles. Lin was a member of the world champion Chinese

teams of

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, and 1988.

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All England champions 1899-2007
1963 births Badminton players from Fujian Living people Asian Games medalists in badminton People from Xiamen Chinese female badminton players Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games {{PRChina-badminton-bio-stub