Zhang Yawen

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Zhang Yawen ( Chinese  : 张亚雯 ; born March 9, 1983 in Chongqing ) is a Chinese badminton player .

Athletic career

Zhang Yawen has won five medals at the Badminton World Championships so far . In 2005 she won bronze in women's doubles with Zhang Dan and silver in mixed with Xie Zhongbo behind Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto from Indonesia . A year later she won the semi-finals of the women's doubles with Wei Yili against Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen , but lost to her compatriots Gao Ling and Huang Sui in the final . In 2007 in Kuala Lumpur , the semi-finals were the final destination for Zhang Yawen in both women's doubles and mixed.

At the 2008 Olympics, she had to bury her gold hopes again in the semi-finals of the women's doubles. With Wei Yili they lost to the later Olympic champions Du Jing and Yu Yang . In the match for bronze they then won against Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna from Japan .

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personal data
SURNAME Zhang, Yawen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 张亚雯 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Chongqing