Yu Yang (badminton)

Yu Yang
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1986-04-07) April 7, 1986 (age 31) Haicheng, Liaoning
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (April 28, 2011)
Current ranking	Retired
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Women's Doubles 2008 Beijing Mixed doubles World Championships 2010 Paris Women's Doubles 2011 London Women's Doubles 2013 Guangzhou Women's Doubles 2010 Paris Mixed Doubles 2014 Copenhagen Women's doubles 2009 Hyderabad Women's Doubles 2006 Madrid Women's Doubles Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Women's team 2010 Guangzhou Women's Doubles Uber Cup 2008 Jakarta Team 2012 Wuhan Team 2016 Kunshan Team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Team Sudirman Cup 2009 Guangzhou Team 2011 Qingdao Team 2013 Kuala Lumpur Team
BWF profile

Yu Yang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Yú Yáng; born April 7, 1986 in Haicheng, Liaoning) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. She won at the 2013 World Championships in women's doubles with her partner Wang Xiaoli. She graduate bachelor's degree from University of Science and Technology of China

A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing over Korea's Lee Kyung-won and Lee Hyo-jung. Their other titles have included the Polish Open (2004): the China Masters (2005); the Asian Championships and Swiss Open in 2006; the Russian, Hong Kong, and Indonesia Opens in 2007; and the French, Korea, and Singapore Opens in 2008. Yu and Du were bronze medalists at the World Championships in 2006, but were unable to play in the tourney's 2007 edition. They were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2008, but avenged that loss by beating their All-England conquerors in the Olympic final.

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