Yang Wei (badminton player)

Yang Wei
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1979-01-13) 13 January 1979 (age 38) Hubei, China
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2004 Athena Women's doubles 2000 Sydney Women's doubles World Championships 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 2005 Anaheim Women's doubles 2006 Madrid Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Mixed team 2005 Beijing Mixed team 2001 Seville Mixed team 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team Uber Cup 2008 Jakarta Women's team 2006 Sendai & Tokyo Women's team 2004 Jakarta Women's team 2002 Guangzhou Women's team 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team 2002 Busan Women's team 2006 Doha Women's doubles 2002 Busan Women's doubles Asia Championships 2008 Johor Bahru Women's doubles 2007 Johor Bahru Women's doubles 2002 Bangkok Women's doubles 2009 Suwon Women's doubles World Junior Championships 1996 Silkeborg Girls' doubles Asia Junior Championships 1997 Manila Girls' team 1997 Manila Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Yang Wei (simplified Chinese: 杨维; traditional Chinese: 楊維; pinyin: Yáng Wéi; Cantonese Yale: Yeung Wai; born January 13, 1979 in Hubei, China) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Yang grew up in Guangdong.

A woman's doubles specialist, Yang has won some forty international titles, most of them in the sport's top tier events, since 1998. Prior to 2003 she partnered Huang Nanyan with whom she earned a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and gained the winning point against South Korea in the 2002 Uber Cup (women's world team championship) final. Her subsequent partnership with Zhang Jiewen has been even more successful as they have shared international domination with compatriot rivals Gao Ling and Huang Sui. Yang and Zhang captured gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics by defeating Gao and Huang in the final. They bested the same team in winning both the 2005 and 2007 BWF World Championships. On the other hand, Gao and Huang have been an obstacle for them at the prestigious All-England Championships, defeating Yang and Zhang in the 2003, 2004, and 2006 finals. Curiously, this is the one major tournament that neither Yang nor Zhang has ever won.

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