Xie Xingfang

Xie Xingfang
Country:	China
Date of birth:	January 8, 1981
Place of birth:	Guangzhou
Size:	1.78 m
Weight:	60 kg
Playing hand:	Right
BWF ID:	50254
BWF profile

Xie Xingfang ( Chinese  謝杏芳  /  谢杏芳 , Pinyin Xiè Xìngfāng ; born January 8, 1981 in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China ) is a former Chinese badminton player .

Career

Her first big title was winning the women's doubles competition at the Junior World Championship in 1998 with Zhang Jiewen . After she was on the Chinese national team, she became a single player. Here she is the link between the generation of players like Gong Ruina , Zhou Mi and Zhang Ning on the one hand and such great talents as e. B. Wang Lin , who won the China Open when she was 17 .

At the badminton tournament at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , in which Xie Xingfang is placed in first place, she started with a bye in the first round. The first game against Cheng Shao-Chieh from Taiwan ended with a two-set win for Xie Xingfang. In the round of 16 it went against the Belarusian Olga Konon , who was defeated again with 2-0 sets. In the quarterfinals, Xie Xingfang played 21:19 and 22:20 against Xu Huaiwen, who started for Germany . She was only defeated in the final on August 16, 2008 in three sets (12:21, 21:10, 18:21) against Zhang Ning , who was able to repeat her success from Athens .

family

On December 13, 2010, Xie Xingfang got engaged to her long-time partner, the two-time Olympic champion in men's singles in badminton, Lin Dan . The wedding took place in 2012. In November 2016, the two parents became one son.

successes

Xie achieved all of the successes listed here in the women's singles.

date	competition	category	Result
August 16, 2008	Olympic Games 2008		Finalist
August 15, 2007	Individual World Championships 2007	World Championship	Round of 16
July 15, 2007	China Masters 2007		Winner
June 17, 2007	Sudirman Cup ( Glasgow )	World Championship mixed team	Winner
May 6, 2007	Aviva Open Singapore 2007	Super Series	Finalist
March 11, 2007	Yonex All England 2007	Super Series	Winner
March 4, 2007	Yonex German Open 2007		Winner
January 28, 2007	Yonex Korea Open 2007	Super Series	Winner
October 15, 2006	Yonex Japan Open 2006		Finalist
September 24, 2006	Individual World Championships 2006	World Championship	Winner
September 2, 2006	Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2006		Winner
July 30, 2006	Thailand Open 2006		Semi-finalist
June 25, 2006	Chinese Taipei Open 2006		Finalist
June 18, 2006	Proton Malaysian Open 2006		Semi-finalist
May 7, 2006	Uber Cup Final Round 2006	Women's team world championship	Winner
March 12, 2006	China Masters 2006		Finalist
January 22, 2006	Yonex All England Open 2006		Winner
January 15, 2006	Yonex German Open 2006		Quarter finalist
November 13, 2005	Picc China Open 2005		Finalist
November 6, 2005	Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Badminton Championship 2005		Finalist
September 4, 2005	China Masters 2005		Semi-finalist
August 21, 2005	XIV World Championship 2005	World Championship	Winner
July 3, 2005	Singapore Open 2005		Quarter finalist
May 15, 2005	Sudirman Cup Final Round 2005	Team World Championship	Winner
April 10, 2005	Yonex Open Japan 2005		Finalist
March 13, 2005	Yonex All England Open 2005		Winner
March 5, 2005	Yonex German Open 2005		Winner
December 19, 2004	Dharum Indonesia Open 2004		Winner
November 14, 2004	China Open 2004		Winner
October 17, 2004	Yonex German Open 2004		Winner
October 10, 2004	Denmark Open 2004		Winner
4th July 2004	Proton Eon Malaysian Open 2004		Quarter finalist
May 16, 2004	Uber Cup Final Round 2004	Women's team world championship	Winner
April 4, 2004	Moonnoppi Korea Open 2004		Quarter finalist
March 14, 2004	Yonex All England Open 2004		Quarter finalist
November 16, 2003	China Open 2003		Semi-finalist
November 2, 2003	Hong Kong Open 2003		Quarter finalist
October 5, 2003	Yonex German Open 2003		Quarter finalist
September 7, 2003	Proton Eon Malaysian Open 2003		Semi-finalist
August 31, 2003	Sanyo Indonesia Open 2003		Winner
August 24, 2003	Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open 2003		Quarter finalist
August 3, 2003	Individual World Championships 2003	World Championship	Quarter finalist
April 6, 2003	Yonex Japan Open 2003		Finalist
February 16, 2003	Yonex All England Open 2003		Finalist
December 22, 2002	China Open 2002		Semi-finalist
November 3, 2002	Real Estate Loan Denmark Open 2002		Semi-finalist
September 1, 2002	Sanyo Indonesia Open 2002		Quarter finalist
August 25, 2002	Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open		Semi-finalist

Web links

• Xie Xingfang's blog (Chinese)
• Xie Xingfang in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chow How Ban: Lin Dan upset after his marriage registration photos leaked on Internet ( English ) thestar.com. 2011. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 13, 2011. 
2. ↑ Super Dan becomes super dad: wife of China badminton star Lin Dan gives birth to baby boy , November 5, 2016, South China Morning Post

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Xie is the family name here, Xingfang is the first name.