Yu Yang (badminton)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yu.

Yu Yang (Chinese: 于洋; pinyin: Yú Yáng; born 7 April 1986) is a retired Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, three time World Champion and four time Asian Champion. Yu was part of the China winning team in four Sudirman Cup, three Uber Cup, two Asian Games, and in a Asia Team Championships.

Yu Yang 于洋
Yu with her partner, Wang Xiaoli, at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1986-04-07) 7 April 1986 (age 39) Haicheng, Liaoning, China
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (28 April 2011)
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 2006 Madrid Women's doubles 2009 Hyderabad Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2009 Guangzhou Mixed team 2011 Qingdao Mixed team 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Uber Cup 2006 Sendai/Tokyo Women's team 2012 Wuhan Women's team 2016 Kunshan Women's team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Women's team 2014 Incheon Women's team 2010 Guangzhou Women's doubles Asian Championships 2006 Johor Bahru Women's doubles 2007 Johor Bahru Mixed doubles 2011 Chengdu Women's doubles 2013 Taipei Women's doubles 2004 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 2015 Wuhan Women's doubles 2004 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2006 Johor Bahru Mixed doubles 2008 Johor Bahru Mixed doubles Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Women's team World Junior Championships 2002 Pretoria Mixed doubles 2002 Pretoria Mixed team 2004 Richmond Girls' doubles 2004 Richmond Mixed doubles 2004 Richmond Mixed team 2002 Pretoria Girls' doubles Asian Junior Championships 2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' team
BWF profile

She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China.

Career

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 South Korea's Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Kyung-won. 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, South 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.

Yu has also enjoyed recent success in mixed doubles with He Hanbin. They captured titles at the Badminton Asia Championships and the Thailand and Denmark Opens in 2007; and the India, Swiss, Malaysia, and French Opens in 2008. They finished in third place at the Beijing Olympics, making Yu one of only two players to win two medals at the competition.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yu Yang and her partner, Wang Xiaoli, along with Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na, Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung of South Korea, and Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of Indonesia were disqualified from the competition for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" following matches the previous evening during which they were accused of throwing the match.^[1] Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli played against South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na, and it has been suggested both teams wanted to lose in order to secure an easier draw,^[2] although Yu claimed "she and her partner were just trying to conserve their strength for the knockout rounds".^[3] Shortly after, Yu Yang announced that she would retire from badminton.^[4][5][6]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Du Jing	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	21–15, 21–13	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China	He Hanbin	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa	19–21, 21–17, 23–21	Bronze

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Du Jing	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–18, 20–22, 21–17	Bronze
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Du Jing	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	22–24, 21–18, 8–21	Bronze
2010	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France	Du Jing	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	21–9, 21–17	Gold
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	22–20, 21–11	Gold
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Wang Xiaoli	Eom Hye-won Jang Ye-na	21–14, 18–21, 21–8	Gold
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	19–21, 15–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France	He Hanbin	Zheng Bo Ma Jin	14–21, 10–21	Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	22–20, 15–21, 12–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Du Jing	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	15–6, 11–15, 7–15	Silver
2006	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Du Jing	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	21–11, 21–16	Gold
2011	Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	21–13, 21–10	Gold
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Wang Xiaoli	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	21–15, 14–21, 21–15	Gold
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Wang Xiaoli	Ma Jin Tang Yuanting	12–21, 12–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Xie Zhongbo	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	3–15, 11–15	Bronze
2006	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Zhang Wei	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	9–21, 9–21	Bronze
2007	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	He Hanbin	Xu Chen Zhao Tingting	22–20, 21–15	Gold
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	He Hanbin	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	14–21, 17–21	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Pretoria Showgrounds, Pretoria, South Africa	Chen Lanting	Du Jing Rong Lu	6–11, 7–11	Silver
2004	Minoru Arena, Richmond, Canada	Tian Qing	Feng Chen Pan Pan	15–3, 15–5	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Pretoria Showgrounds, Pretoria, South Africa	Guo Zhendong	Cao Chen Rong Lu	11–2, 11–1	Gold
2004	Minoru Arena, Richmond, Canada	He Hanbin	Muhammad Rijal Greysia Polii	15–12, 15–12	Gold

BWF Superseries (42 titles, 16 runner-ups)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[8] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Indonesia Open	Du Jing	Yang Wei Zhao Tingting	21–8, 16–21, 22–20	Winner
2007	Japan Open	Zhao Tingting	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	17–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2007	French Open	Zhao Tingting	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	10–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	China Open	Du Jing	Gao Ling Zhao Tingting	21–17, 15–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2007	Hong Kong Open	Du Jing	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	22–20, 13–21, 21–17	Winner
2008	Korea Open	Du Jing	Gao Ling Zhao Tingting	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2008	All England Open	Du Jing	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	21–12, 18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2008	Singapore Open	Du Jing	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2008	French Open	Du Jing	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	20–22, 21–19, 21–11	Winner
2009	Swiss Open	Du Jing	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	21–11, 21–12	Winner
2009	China Masters	Du Jing	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2009	Hong Kong Open	Du Jing	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	21–16, 19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2009	China Open	Du Jing	Tian Qing Zhang Yawen	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Malaysia Open	Du Jing	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2010	All England Open	Du Jing	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	20–22, 21–16, 21–13	Winner
2010	Swiss Open	Tian Qing	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2010	China Masters	Wang Xiaoli	Bao Yixin Lu Lu	21–8, 21–8	Winner
2010	Japan Open	Wang Xiaoli	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	21–17, 21–6	Winner
2010	Hong Kong Open	Wang Xiaoli	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	21–11, 21–12	Winner
2010	World Superseries Finals	Wang Xiaoli	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	21–7, 21–17	Winner
2011	Malaysia Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	12–21, 21–6, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Korea Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	21–18, 19–21, 21–4	Winner
2011	All England Open	Wang Xiaoli	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	21–2, 21–9	Winner
2011	Indonesia Open	Wang Xiaoli	Vita Marissa Nadya Melati	21–12, 21–10	Winner
2011	China Masters	Wang Xiaoli	Tang Jinhua Xia Huan	19–21, retired	Runner-up
2011	Denmark Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	22–20, 21–16	Winner
2011	French Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	26–24, 21–15	Winner
2011	Hong Kong Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	21–12, 14–2 retired	Winner
2011	China Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tang Jinhua Xia Huan	21–11, 21–10	Winner
2011	World Superseries Finals	Wang Xiaoli	Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	21–8, 21–12	Winner
2012	All England Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	17–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2012	Indonesia Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	17–21, 21–9, 21–16	Winner
2012	China Open	Wang Xiaoli	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21–19, 14–7 retired	Winner
2012	Hong Kong Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	20–22, 21–14, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	World Superseries Finals	Wang Xiaoli	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2013	Korea Open	Wang Xiaoli	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2013	All England Open	Wang Xiaoli	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	21–18, 21–10	Winner
2013	Indonesia Open	Wang Xiaoli	Bao Yixin Cheng Shu	21–15, 18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	China Masters	Wang Xiaoli	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2013	China Open	Wang Xiaoli	Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin	21–13, 21–7	Winner
2014	All England Open	Wang Xiaoli	Ma Jin Tang Yuanting	21–17, 18–21, 23–21	Winner
2014	India Open	Tang Yuanting	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	21–10, 13–21, 21–16	Winner
2014	Denmark Open	Wang Xiaoli	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2014	French Open	Wang Xiaoli	Ma Jin Tang Yuanting	21–15, 21–9	Winner
2014	China Open	Wang Xiaoli	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	21–16, 19–21, 22–20	Winner
2015	All England Open	Wang Xiaoli	Bao Yixin Tang Yuanting	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	China Open	Tang Yuanting	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	18–21, 21–13, 21–12	Winner
2015	Hong Kong Open	Tang Yuanting	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	All England Open	Tang Yuanting	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	10–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Malaysia Open	Tang Yuanting	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2016	Indonesia Open	Tang Yuanting	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	15–21, 21–8, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Denmark Open	He Hanbin	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	21–17, 19–21, 21–17	Winner
2008	Malaysia Open	He Hanbin	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2008	Swiss Open	He Hanbin	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg	21–15, 21–9	Winner
2008	French Open	He Hanbin	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2009	All England Open	He Hanbin	Ko Sung-hyun Ha Jung-eun	13–21, 21–15, 21–9	Winner
2010	Korea Open	He Hanbin	Tao Jiaming Zhang Yawen	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2010	China Masters	Xu Chen	Tao Jiaming Tian Qing	11–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Thailand Open	Du Jing	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	5–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2005	China Masters	Du Jing	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–4, 17–14	Winner
2006	Swiss Open	Du Jing	Zhang Dan Zhao Tingting	15–5, 10–15, 15–11	Winner
2007	German Open	Du Jing	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	8–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2007	Thailand Open	Du Jing	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Walkover	Runner-up
2007	Russian Open	Du Jing	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2009	Macau Open	Du Jing	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2014	Chinese Taipei Open	Wang Xiaoli	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2015	U.S. Open	Zhong Qianxin	Ayane Kurihara Naru Shinoya	21–14, 21–10	Winner
2015	Bitburger Open	Tang Yuanting	Poon Lok Yan Tse Ying Suet	21–10, 21–18	Winner
2015	Indonesian Masters	Tang Yuanting	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	21–17, 21–11	Winner
2016	Malaysia Masters	Tang Yuanting	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Thailand Masters	Tang Yuanting	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	21–11, 12–21, 21–23	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Thailand Open	He Hanbin	Han Sang-hoon Hwang Yu-mi	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2007	Russian Open	He Hanbin	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	23–25, 21–13, 13–21	Runner-up
2008	German Open	He Hanbin	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–9, 25–27, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	India Open	He Hanbin	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	21–18, 21–9	Winner
2008	Thailand Open	He Hanbin	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	25–23, 10–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2009	Macau Open	He Hanbin	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Vita Marissa	21–14, 21–9	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International (3 titles)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	French International	Du Jing	Feng Chen Pan Pan	5–15, 15–4, 15–6	Winner
2004	Polish International	Du Jing	Feng Chen Pan Pan	15–5, 15–6	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	French International	Xie Zhongbo	Nikolaj Zuev Marina Yakusheva	17–16, 15–9	Winner

Record against selected opponents

Women's doubles results with former partner Du Jing against Super Series finalists, World semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists:

• Petya Nedelcheva & Anastasia Russkikh 1–0
• Cheng Shu & Zhao Yunlei 5–0
• Gao Ling & Huang Sui 1–2
• Ma Jin & Wang Xiaoli 4–1
• Pan Pan & Zhang Yawen 1–0
• Tian Qing & Zhang Yawen 1–1
• Wei Yili & Zhang Yawen 6–0
• Wei Yili & Zhao Tingting 0–1
• Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen 2–6
• Cheng Wen-hsing & Chien Yu-chin 8–0
• Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa 1–0
• Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa 1–0
• Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna 5–0
• Kumiko Ogura & Reiko Shiota 6–0
• Ha Jung-eun & Kim Min-jung 3–0
• Lee Hyo-jung & Lee Kyung-won 6–4
• Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty 5–1
• Jiang Yanmei & Li Yujia 2–0
• Duanganong Aroonkesorn & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 4–0