Ye Zhaoying
| Ye Zhaoying 叶钊颖 |
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| Personal information | |
| Country |  China |
| Born | May 7, 1974 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Women's singles | |
| Highest ranking | 1 |
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Ye Zhaoying (simplified Chinese: 叶钊颖; traditional Chinese: 葉釗穎; pinyin: Yè Zhāoyǐng; born May 7, 1974, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang) is a retired badminton player from Hangzhou, China. Officially ranked as the number one women's singles player in the world for the first time in December 1995, she lost and regained that ranking several times during her career. Her best years as a player overlapped those of the slightly older Susi Susanti and Bang Soo-hyun, in what some see as a "golden" era in women's badminton.
She retired after the Sydney (2000) Olympic Games.
Achievement
Her main achievements include winning the World Grand Prix in 1995, 1997 and 1999, the IBF World Championships in 1995 and 1997, and the IBF World Cup in 1995. She played on Chinese teams that won the Uber Cup in 1992, 1998 and 2000 and the Sudirman Cup in 1995, 1997 and 1999. She won the prestigious All-England title in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
Her other titles include: Asian Badminton Championships in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998,1999; Japan Open in 1993, 1996, 1999; Indonesia Open in 1992, 1993; Denmark Open in 1993; Hong Kong Open in 1993; Asian Cup of Badminton in 1994;China Open in 1995; Swedish Open in 1995; US Open in 1995; Singapore Open in1992,1998,1999;Thailand Open in 2000 . She was a member of the Chinese Women's Badminton Team that won the Asian Games in 1998. In addition, she obtained a bronze medal in the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, having been upset in the quarterfinals of the '96 Games in Atlanta. Ye Zhaoying was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.
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