Yu Yang (; born 7 April 1986) is a retired Chinese

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 specializing in doubles. She is an

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gold medalist, three time World Champion and four time Asian Champion. Yu was part of the China winning team in four

Sudirman Cup The Sudirman Cup is an international badminton mixed team competition contested by member countries of the Badminton World Federation, the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every two years since the inaugural tourn ...

, three Uber Cup, two

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, and in a Asia Team Championships. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China.

Career

A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing 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

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in Beijing over South Korea's Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Kyung-won. Their other titles have included the Polish Open (2004): the China Masters (2005); the Asian Championships and Swiss Open in 2006; the Russian,

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, and Indonesia Opens in 2007; and the French,

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, and Singapore Opens in 2008. Yu and Du 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. Yu has also enjoyed recent success in mixed doubles with

He Hanbin He Hanbin (; born 10 January 1986) is a retired badminton player from China. Career A doubles specialist, He won men's doubles at the Austrian International tourney with Guo Zhendong in 2007. Most of his accomplishments, however, have come ...

. They captured titles at the Badminton Asia Championships and the

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and Denmark Opens in 2007; and the

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, and French Opens in 2008. They finished in third place at the Beijing Olympics, making Yu one of only two players to win two medals at the competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yu Yang and her partner, Wang Xiaoli, along with Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na, Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung of

, and Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of

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were disqualified from the competition for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" following matches the previous evening during which they were accused of throwing the match. Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli played against South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na, and it has been suggested both teams wanted to lose in order to secure an easier draw, although Yu claimed "she and her partner were just trying to conserve their strength for the knockout rounds". Shortly after, Yu Yang announced that she would retire from badminton.

Achievements

Olympic Games

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

BWF World Championships

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

Asian Games

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

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

World Junior Championships

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

BWF Superseries (42 titles, 16 runner-ups)

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

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

BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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

(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International (3 titles)

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

Record against selected opponents

Women's doubles results with former partner Du Jing against Super Series finalists, World semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists: *

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& Anastasia Russkikh 1–0 * Cheng Shu & Zhao Yunlei 5–0 *

Gao Ling Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton ...

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1–2 * Ma Jin & Wang Xiaoli 4–1 * Pan Pan & Zhang Yawen 1–0 * Tian Qing & Zhang Yawen 1–1 * Wei Yili & Zhang Yawen 6–0 * Wei Yili & Zhao Tingting 0–1 * Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen 2–6 * Cheng Wen-hsing & Chien Yu-chin 8–0 * Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa 1–0 * Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa 1–0 * Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna 5–0 * Kumiko Ogura & Reiko Shiota 6–0 * Ha Jung-eun & Kim Min-jung 3–0 * Lee Hyo-jung & Lee Kyung-won 6–4 * Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty 5–1 *

Jiang Yanmei Jiang Yanmei (; born 28 February 1981) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player. She competed at the Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics; Badminton at the 2002 Commonw ...

Li Yujia Li Yujia (Simplified Chinese: 李羽佳; born 18 January 1983) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player who competed at the Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's and mixed doubles event. Born in Jingzho ...

2–0 * Duanganong Aroonkesorn & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 4–0

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