Han Jingna (; born 16 January 1975) is a Chinese retired

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 who rated among the world's leading women's singles players in the 1990s. Han began practicing badminton at the age of seven. Two years later, she trained at the sports school in Wuhan. She was selected to join the Hubei team in 1988 when she was thirteen, and to join the

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

in 1989. She was part of national teams that clinched the

1995 Sudirman Cup The 1995 Sudirman Cup was the fourth tournament of the World Mixed Team Badminton Championships. It was held from May 17 to May 20, 1995 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Results 49 teams participated in this edition of Sudirman Cup. Nigeria entered but ...

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, and the 1998 Uber Cup in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, She won the silver medal for women's singles at the 1995 World Championships by upsetting South Korea's

Bang Soo-hyun Bang Soo-hyun (; born 13 September 1972) is a former badminton player from South Korea who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival of Indonesia's Susi Susanti and China's Ye Zhaoying ...

in the semifinals before falling to Chinese teammate Ye Zhaoying in the finals. Han also earned a singles bronze medal at the next World Championships in 1997. She competed in the women's singles competition at the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

but was eliminated in the quarterfinals round by the defending Olympic gold medalist

Susi Susanti Lucia Francisca "Susi" Susanti Haditono (; born 11 February 1971) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. Relatively small of stature, she combined quick and graceful movement with elegant shotmaking technique, and is regarded by many as one ...

of Indonesia. In 1999, she left the national team and went to the United Kingdom to help coach Great Britain's team for

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. She later worked as a Chinese national youth team coach starting in 2006.

Achievements

World Championships

''Women's singles''

Asian Cup

''Women's singles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

IBF International

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

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Jingna 1975 births Living people Badminton players from Wuhan Chinese female badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for China Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Chinese expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom Chinese badminton coaches 21st-century Chinese women 20th-century Chinese sportswomen