Yu Yang (badminton)

Yu Yang (left) 2012

Yu Yang ( Chinese  于 洋 , Pinyin Yū Yáng ; born April 7, 1986 in Haicheng , Liaoning Province ) is a Chinese badminton player .

Career

In 2004, Yu Yang was in the double finals at the Asian Championships and won silver, two years later she won the same event. At the 2006 World Championships she was runner-up in women's doubles. In 2007 she was in the finals of the women's doubles at the Thailand Open , German Open and Indonesia Open . The latter tournament, one of the top events of the BWF Super Series , she was able to finish as the winner. The 2007 Badminton World Championship was anything but ideal for Yu Yang. She had to cancel the women's doubles, seeded number 4, in the first game, and in mixed she and her partner He Hanbin lost to the Poles Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Kostiuczyk in the round of 16.

On August 16, Yu Yang won with her partner Du Jing the finals in women's doubles of badminton tournament of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing against the pairing young Hyo-Lee and Lee Kyung-won of South Korea . On August 17, 2008 Yu Yang played with her partner He Hanbin against the Indonesian pairing Vita Marissa and Flandy Limpele for the Olympic bronze medal in mixed. They won the game in 73 minutes 19-21, 21-17 and 23-21. In 2011 she became world champion in women's doubles.

In 2013, Yu Yang and her partner Wang Xiaoli reached the final in the women's doubles of the Indonesia Open , which was lost in three sets to the Chinese pairing Cheng Shu and Bao Yixin .

Match fixing at the 2012 Olympics

At the 2012 Olympic Games , she and her partner Wang Xiaoli were disqualified from the Games by the World Federation for match-fixing. In the last group game, the two clearly did not show the will to want to win the game, as they would have met supposedly weaker opponents if they were defeated in the subsequent knockout round.

Due to this disqualification, Yu Yang declared her sports career ended on August 2, 2012. However, she later resigned and started again in the women's doubles.

Success in women's doubles

date	event	space
December 22, 2002	China Open 2002	Semi-finalist
November 16, 2003	China Open 2003	Quarter finalist
January 25, 2004	Siam Cement WGP Thailand Open 2004	Finalist
March 21, 2004	French Open International 2004	Winner
March 28, 2004	Nokia Polish Open International 2004	Winner
April 26, 2004	Asian Cup 2004	Finalist
November 14, 2004	China Open 2004	Semi-finalist
December 19, 2004	Djarum Indonesia Open 2004	Semi-finalist
January 30, 2005	Noonnoppi Korea Open 2005	Semi-finalist
March 5, 2005	Yonex German Open 2005	Quarter finalist
March 13, 2005	Yonex All England Open 2005	Quarter finalist
September 4, 2005	China Masters 2005	Winner
September 11, 2005	Asian Cup 2005	Round of 16
January 8, 2006	Wilson Badminton Swiss Open 2006	Winner
January 15, 2006	Yonex German Open 2006	Quarter finalist
March 12, 2006	China Masters 2006	Semi-finalist
April 2, 2006	Asian Cup 2006	Winner
May 7, 2006	Uber Cup 2006	Winner with the women's team
June 18, 2006	Proton Malaysia Open 2006	Finalist
June 25, 2006	Chinese Taipei Open 2006	Semi-finalist
September 2, 2006	Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2006	Quarter finalist
September 24, 2006	Individual World Championships 2006	Semi-finalist
October 15, 2006	Yonex Japan Open 2006	Semi-finalist
March 4, 2007	Yonex German Open 2007	Winner
March 11, 2007	Yonex All England Super Series	Quarter finalist
May 6, 2007	Aviva Open Singapore Super Series 2007	Quarter finalist
May 13, 2007	Djarum Indonesia Super Series 2007	Winner
July 8, 2007	SCG Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2007	Finalist
July 15, 2007	China Open Super Series 2007	Semi-finalist
June 15, 2008	Aviva Open Singapore Super Series 2008	Winner
August 16, 2008	Olympic Games 2008	Winner
June 16, 2013	Indonesia Open	Finalist

Web links

Commons : Yu Yang  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• badmintoncn.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ China's Yu quits badminton after Olympic match-fixing disqualification . August 10, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.

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