Yip Pui Yin
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| Birth name | 葉姵延 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Hong Kong
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6 August 1987 Hong Kong |
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| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Wang Chen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current ranking | 26 (19 March 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yip Pui Yin (Chinese: 葉姵延; pinyin: Yè Pèiyán; Jyutping: jip6 bui6 jin4; born 6 August 1987) is a female badminton player from Hong Kong.
She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round after beating Laura Molina of Spain and Kanako Yonekura (11th seed) in round one and round two respectively. In the third round she was beaten by the 1st seed and reigning world champion Zhang Ning of China.
She won the silver medal in the 2006 Asian Games after losing to fellow Hong Kong player Wang Chen in the final.
In 2007, she played at the World Championships and was defeated in the third round by Zhu Lin, of China, 9-21, 21-16, 14-21.
Yip Pui Yin made her first appearance at the Olympics.
She won the gold medal in the 2009 East Asian games when her opponent Zhou Mi retired halfway through the deciding set. She won 15-21, 21-13, 17-10*.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Yip claimed the scalp of eighth seed Sung Ji-hyun, of South Korea, in the group stage. Then Yip Pui-yin went through to the final eight of the women's singles in badminton after she beat France's 16th seed Pi Hongyan by two games to one, winning 13-21, 21-13, 21-16. Yip faced China's Li Xuerui, who beat her two games to one. Her performance equalled the best performance by a Hong Kong shuttler at the Olympic Games.
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