Du Jing (; born 23 June 1984) is a former

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player from

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, Liaoning.

Career

A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in

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and Lee Hyo-jung. Their other titles have included the Polish Open (2004); the

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(2005); the

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and

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in 2006; the

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, and Indonesia Opens in 2007; and the French,

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, and Singapore Opens in 2008. Du and Yu were bronze medalists at the World Championships in 2006, but were unable to play in the tourney's 2007 edition. They were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2008, but avenged that loss by beating their All-England conquerors in the Olympic final.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Women's doubles''

BWF World Championships

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. ''Women's doubles'' : Superseries Finals tournament : Superseries Premier tournament : Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

''Women's doubles''

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Du, Jing Chinese female badminton players 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Anshan Badminton players from Liaoning Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World No. 1 badminton players