Grace Yun Peng (; born 15 July 1974) is a former international

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 pe ...

player from

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, who later represented the

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Early life

On July 15, 1974, Peng was born in

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

, China.

Career

At age 10, Peng started training in badminton in China. Peng began her career in the U.S. on September 25, 2004. In the US Open 2004 she finished as a semifinalist in the mixed doubles and as a quarter-finalist in the women's doubles. She has won the US Open on two occasions: once in 2005 the women's doubles with her partner Johanna Lee and again in 2008 the mixed doubles crown with partner

Halim Haryanto Halim Haryanto Ho (born 23 September 1976) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He is a former world champion along with his doubles partner Tony Gunawan. Haryanto immigrated to the United States in 2004 to pursue a coaching career. He now r ...

References

External links

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Yun Peng at bwfbadminton.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peng, Yun 1974 births Living people Badminton players from Guangxi Chinese female badminton players Chinese emigrants to the United States American sportswomen of Chinese descent American female badminton players 21st-century American women