Yang Yang (badminton)

Yang Yang
Country:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	December 9, 1963
Place of birth:	Nanjing , Jiangsu
Playing hand:	Right
BWF ID:	57945
Medals
World championships bronze 1985 Calgary singles gold 1987 Beijing singles gold 1989 Jakarta singles Thomas Cup silver 1984 Kuala Lumpur Men's team gold 1986 Jakarta Men's team gold 1988 Kuala Lumpur Men's team gold 1990 Tokyo Men's team Sudirman Cup bronze 1989 Jakarta Mixed team  Asian Games silver 1986 Seoul singles silver 1986 Seoul Men's team gold 1990 Beijing Men's team silver 1990 Beijing singles Asian Championships gold 1985 Kuala Lumpur Men's team silver 1985 Kuala Lumpur singles gold 1987 Semarang Men's team
BWF profile
As of June 23, 2019

Yang Yang ( Chinese  杨阳 ; born December 9, 1963 in Nanjing ) is a former badminton player from the People's Republic of China .

Career

Yang Yang was one of the most successful badminton players of the 1980s. He became world champion in men's singles in 1987 and 1989. In 1985 he had already won bronze in the same discipline. With the Chinese men's team, he won the team world title in 1986, 1988 and 1990. He won gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where badminton was a demonstration sport in the program. The 1992 Olympics, where badminton was officially part of the program for the first time, came too late for one of the greatest badminton players of all time. Yang Yang was trained by Tang Xuehua , among others .

Yang Yang now runs a sporting goods company.

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Final opponent	Result
1.	Jan. 13, 1985	Hong Kong Open	Category 1	Morten Frost	15:10, 15:11
2.	Jan. 26, 1986	Japan Open	Category 1	Ib Frederiksen	05:15, 15: 06, 15: 08
3.	May 25, 1986	Hong Kong Open	Category 1	Icuk Sugiarto	06:15, 15: 08, 15: 06
4th	Dec. 21, 1986	World Badminton Grand Prix Final	-	Morten Frost	18:13, 15: 08
5.	July 19, 1987	Malaysia Open	Category 1	Steen Fladberg	04:15, 15:10, 15: 07
6th	July 26, 1987	Indonesia Open	Category 1	Eddy Kurniawan	15: 06, 15: 08
7th	Feb. 1988	Konica Cup	-	Sompol Kukasemky	15:10, 15: 02
8th.	Sep 1988	Badminton World Cup	-	Zhao Jianhua	15: 05, 15: 06
9.	Jan. 1989	Japan Open	Category 1	Foo Kok Keong	15: 02, 15:10
10.	March 19, 1989	All of England	Category 1	Morten Frost	15: 06, 15: 07
11.	Nov 19, 1989	Badminton World Cup	-	Foo Kok Keong	15:14, 15: 06

Web links

• badmintoncn.com