Zhang Jiewen

Zhang Jiewen (张 洁 雯, Pinyin : Zhāng Jiéwén; born January 4, 1981 in Guangzhou , Guangdong Province ) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China .

Career

Zhang took part in badminton for China at the 2004 Olympics in women's doubles with her partner Yang Wei . They had a bye in the first round and in the second round they beat Jo Novita and Lita Nurlita from Indonesia . In the quarterfinals, Zhang ung Yang defeated Saralee Thungthongkam and Sathinee Chankrachangwong from Thailand 15-2, 15-4 . They won the semifinals against Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won from South Korea with 15: 6, 15: 4. In the final against the Chinese compatriots Huang Sui and Gao Ling , Zhang and Yang strengthened after losing the first set to win the gold medal with 7:15, 15: 4, 15: 8 .

Together with her partner Yang Wei , she won the competition in women's doubles at the individual World Cup in Anaheim in 2005 . They fought for the title again at the 2007 Badminton World Cup .

In the women's doubles tournament of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , in which Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei were seeded in first place, they surprisingly lost in the quarter-finals against the Japanese pairing Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna . In a press conference afterwards, Zhang Jiewen announced the end of her career and the planned wedding with the world-class double player Choong Tan Fook from Malaysia .

Sporting successes

season	event	discipline	space	Surname
1998	Junior World Championships	Ladies doubles	1	Zhang Jiewen / Xie Xinfang
1999	Junior Asian Championship	Ladies doubles	1	Xie Xingfang / Zhang Jiewen
1999	China Open	Ladies doubles	5	Wei Yili / Zhang Jiewen
2000/2001	Denmark Open	Ladies doubles	2	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2001	World Championship	Ladies doubles	2	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2001	Singapore Open	Ladies doubles	1	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2001	China Open	Ladies doubles	1	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2001	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2001	China Open	Mixed	5	Chen Qiqiu / Zhang Jiewen
2002	Indonesia Open	Ladies doubles	3	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2002	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	3	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2002	Asian Championship	Ladies doubles	1	Zhang Jiewen / Yang Wei
2002	Asian Games	Mixed	3	Chen Qiqiu / Zhang Jiewen
2002	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2002	Japan Open	Mixed	5	Zhang Bo / Zhang Jiewen
2003	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2003	Denmark Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2003	World Championship	Ladies doubles	2	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2003	Malaysia Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2003	China: individual championships	Mixed	1	Chen Qiqiu / Zhang Jiewen
2003	China: individual championships	Ladies doubles	1	Zhang Jiewen / Yang Wei
2003	China Open	Ladies doubles	2	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2003	World Championship	Mixed	33	Zheng Bo / Zhang Jiewen
2003	Hong Kong Open	Ladies doubles	2	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2003	World Championship	Ladies doubles	5	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2003	Swiss Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2003	Singapore Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2004	Korea Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2004	Malaysia Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2004	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2004	Olympia	Ladies doubles	1	Zhang Jiewen / Yang Wei
2004	Singapore Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2004	Swiss Open	Ladies doubles	2	Zhang Jiewen / Yang Wei
2004	Indonesia Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2004	China Open	Ladies doubles	1	Zhang Jiewen / Yang Wei
2005	China Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2005	Hong Kong Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2005	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2005	World cup	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2005	World Championship	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2005	Malaysia Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2006	Asian Games	Ladies doubles	2	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2006	Hong Kong Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2006	China Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2006	World Championship	Ladies doubles	2	Zhang Jiewen / Wei Yili
2006	Korea Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2006	Singapore Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2006	German Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2006	World Championship	Ladies doubles	3	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2006	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2007	World Championship	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2007	German Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2007	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2007	Bitburger Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2007	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2007	Denmark Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2008	Malaysia Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2008	Olympia	Ladies doubles	5	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2008	Swiss Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2008	Thailand Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2009	Asian Championship	Ladies doubles	3	Zhang Jiewen / Yang Wei
2009	Chinese Taipei Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
2009	Thailand Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen

credentials

• http://www.badmintoncn.com/cbo_star/star_45.html

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