Li Yinhui

Li Yinhui (simplified Chinese: 李茵晖; traditional Chinese: 李茵暉; pinyin: Lǐ Yīnhuī; born 11 March 1997) is a Chinese retired badminton player.^[2][3] She won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event partnered with Du Yue.^[4] She and Du Yue then made it to the gold medal 2015.^[5] Together they won a silver medal at the 2015 BWF World Junior Championships after earning a bronze the previous year. At the 2018 BWF World Championships, Li took a bronze medal in the mixed doubles together with Zhang Nan. ^[6]

Li Yinhui (lower left corner) in the 2016 French Super Series

Li Yinhui 李茵晖
Li at German Open 2019
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 28) Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Retired	January 2022[1]
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	5 (WD with Du Yue 17 March 2020) 3 (XD with Zhang Nan 24 August 2017)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China World Championships 2018 Nanjing Mixed doubles 2019 Basel Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2019 Nanning Mixed team 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team Asia Championships 2017 Wuhan Women's doubles 2018 Wuhan Mixed doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asian Team Championships 2018 Alor Setar Women's team World Junior Championships 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team 2015 Lima Mixed team 2015 Lima Girls' doubles 2013 Bangkok Mixed team 2014 Alor Setar Girls' doubles Asian Junior Championships 2014 Taipei Mixed team 2015 Bangkok Girls' doubles 2015 Bangkok Mixed team 2014 Taipei Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Career

Li competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Partnered with Du Yue, she finished in the quarter-finals after defeated by the eventual gold medalist Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia in rubber games.^[7]

Li announced her retirement through her social media account. Chinese media reported that the women's doubles pair Li Yinhui and Du Yue world ranking were removed on 25 January 2022.^[1] Based on BWF interview, Li has a complication arising out of pneumonia, which, added to a genetic heart ailment, necessitated constant medication.^[8]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Du Yue	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	11–21, 17–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Zhang Nan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	21–19, 12–21, 10–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Huang Dongping	Kim Hye-rin Yoo Hae-won	13–21, 17–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Zhang Nan	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	21–18, 18–21, 17–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia	Du Yue	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	11–21, 14–21	Bronze
2015	Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Du Yue	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	18–21, 21–13, 11–21	Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Du Yue	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	11–21, 18–21	Silver
2015	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Du Yue	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–14, 18–21, 21–18	Gold

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[10]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Lingshui China Masters	Super 100	Du Yue	Huang Dongping Li Wenmei	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2019	German Open	Super 300	Du Yue	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	22–20, 21–15	Winner
2019	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Du Yue	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	14–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Open	Super 500	Du Yue	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	19–21, 21–14, 13–21	Runner-up
2019	Macau Open	Super 300	Du Yue	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	21–16, 10–21, 21–12	Winner
2020	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Du Yue	Li Wenmei Zheng Yu	19–21, 21–16, 19–21	Runner-up
2020	All England Open	Super 1000	Du Yue	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	13–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Zhang Nan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	16–21, 9–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[11] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[12] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Open	Huang Dongping	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	21–13, 14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Hong Kong Open	Huang Dongping	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	19–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Open	Zhang Nan	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	13–21, 22–20, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Thailand Open	Huang Dongping	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	20–22, 21–11, 21–15	Winner
2017	German Open	Huang Dongping	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–15, 17–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Malaysia Masters	Zheng Siwei	Tan Kian Meng Lai Pei Jing	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2016	New Zealand Open	Zheng Siwei	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Macau Open	Zhang Nan	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2017	Thailand Masters	Zhang Nan	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–11, 20–22, 21–13	Winner
2017	German Open	Zhang Nan	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong	22–20, 21–11	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament