Zhou Mi (badminton)

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Birth Name: Zhou Mi
Country: originally China , from 2007 Hong KongChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Hong KongHong Kong 
Date of birth: 18th February 1979
Place of birth: Nanning , People's Republic of China
Size: 174 cm
Playing hand: Right
BWF ID: 7821
BWF profile

Zhou Mi ( Chinese  周 蜜 , Pinyin Zhōu Mì ; born February 18, 1979 in Nanning , Guangxi ) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China .

Career

In 1999 she won the French Open . Zhou participated in the 2004 Olympics. In the women's singles, she defeated Xu Huaiwen from Germany and Kaori Mori from Japan in the first two rounds. In the quarter-finals, Zhou beat Petya Nedelcheva from Bulgaria 11: 4, 11: 1 to advance to the semi-finals. There she defeated her compatriot Zhang Ning 11: 6, 11: 4th In the meantime, there is also a public statement by then head coach Li Yongbo that Zhou Mi was instructed by him to lose the second set after he lost the first set so that Zhang Ning can save energy for the final. Then defeated Zhou Gong Ruina , also from China, 11: 2, 8:11, 11: 6 in the "consolation finals", whereby she won the bronze medal. In 2007 she won the New Zealand Open , meanwhile starting for Hong Kong . In 2008 she was able to defend this title.

In August 2010, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) banned the player from competitive sport for two years because of a doping offense. It had been tested outside of a competition on June 28, 2010 in Hong Kong. A laboratory from the World Anti-Doping Agency was able to prove that she had taken the substance Clenbuterol .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Spiegel Online: Badminton manipulation uncovered March 22, 2008
  2. ↑ Demokratie.de: Badminton player Zhou Mi banned for doping . September 4, 2010
  3. ^ BWF website: General News: Zhou Mi banned for two years September 4, 2010
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhou is the family name here, Mi is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Zhou, Mi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 周 蜜 (Chinese); Zhōu, Mì (Pinyin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH 18th February 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Nanning , Guangxi