Lim Xiaoqing ( zh, s=林小青; born 15 August 1967 as Sun Xiaoqing; zh, s=孫小青) is a 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 originally from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

who later represented

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. She won five

European Badminton Championships The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE). It represents the highest level of continental competition in European badminton, and the winners of each event are recognised as the European champions. ...

, one in women's singles in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, two in women's doubles and mixed team events in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

and 1994 respectively. She achieved the women's singles titles at the prestigious 1995 All England Open, defeating Denmark's

Camilla Martin Camilla Martin Nygaard (née Martin; born 23 March 1974) is a Danish retired badminton player. She and Lene Køppen, who played two decades earlier, are the only Danish women to have won both the All England and World Championships singles t ...

in the final. She ranked as the World’s number 1 in Women’s Singles last March 1995. Lim is married to retired Swedish badminton player Thomas Kihlström.

Achievements

World Championships

''Women's doubles''

World Cup

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

European Championships

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

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

IBF International

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

Nordic Championships

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

Invitational tournament

''Women's doubles''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Xiaoqing 1967 births Living people Badminton players from Fujian Chinese female badminton players Chinese emigrants to Sweden Swedish female badminton players World No. 1 badminton players 20th-century Swedish sportswomen