Cheng Shao-chieh (; born 4 January 1986) is a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from Taiwan. Cheng played

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for the Republic of China as

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. In women's singles, she defeated Ling Wan Ting of Hong Kong and Jun Jae-youn of South Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Cheng lost to

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of China 3–11, 3–11. Later that year, she played in the 2004 World Junior Championships, held in Richmond, Canada, where she won the gold title in girls' singles. She also participated in the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim, California, making it to the semifinals and taking a game from the eventual champion,

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. She achieved a world championship silver medal in 2011 in London. She reached the final, winning all her matches in straight games. In the quarterfinal she beat the then world number 1, Wang Shixian from China, and in the semifinal she outclassed

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from Germany 18 and 6. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she again reached the quarter-finals, qualifying through from group C. She then beat Gu Juan in the second round before losing to

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Achievements

World Championships

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

Summer Universiade

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

World University Championships

''Women's singles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' singles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Women's singles'' : Superseries tournament : Superseries Premier tournament : Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament :

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tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles''

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Shao-chieh 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Taipei Taiwanese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Taiwan Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei Universiade gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Universiade silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Universiade bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Universiade medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade