Qin Yiyuan


Qin Yiyuan is a Chinese former world level badminton player. Qin played internationally for China from the mid-1990s through the 2000 Summer Olympics, a period during which her fellow countrywomen Ge Fei and Gu Jun dominated international women's doubles play. Qin won women's doubles at the 1996 China Open, 1997 Thailand Open, 1998 Denmark Open with Tang Yongshu, and at the 1999 Thailand, French, and Denmark Opens, and 2000 Swiss Open with Gao Ling. She was a bronze medalist at the 1995 IBF World Championships and a silver medalist at the 1997 IBF World Championships with Tang Yongshu. She earned a bronze medal again at the 1999 edition of the tourney with Gao Ling. Qin also earned bronze medals for women's doubles at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, the first with Tang Yongshu and the second with Gao. She was a member of Chinese teams which captured the Uber Cup in 1998 and 2000.

Achievements

Summer Olympics

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000The Dome, Sydney, Australia Gao Ling Chung Jae-hee
Ra Kyung-min
15–10, 15–4 Bronze
1996GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States Tang Yongshu Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
7–15, 15–4, 15–8 Bronze

World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Gao Ling Ge Fei
Gu Jun
6–15, 7–15 Bronze
1997Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
1–15, 8–15 Silver
1995Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland Tang Yongshu Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
8–15, 6–15 Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Yogyakarta, Indonesia Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
10–15, 15–9, 9–15 Silver
1996Jakarta, Indonesia Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
6–15, 12–15 Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Thammasat Gymnasium 2,
Bangkok, Thailand
Tang Yongshu Eliza Nathanael
Deyana Lomban
10–15, 5–15 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Thammasat Gymnasium 2,
Bangkok, Thailand
Zhang Jun Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min
3–15, 6–15 Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Bangkok, Thailand Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
8–15, 7–15 Silver
1995Beijing, China Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
1–15, 4–15 Silver

Asian Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1995Qingdao, China Tang Yongshu Bronze

East Asian Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993Shanghai, China Zhang Ning Kim Shin-young
Shon Hye-joo
12–15, 11–15 Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Swiss Open Gao Ling Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei
15–5, 8–15, 15–9 Winner
1999China Open Gao Ling Ge Fei
Gu Jun
5–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1999Denmark Open Gao Ling Chen Lin
Jiang Xuelian
15–12, 15–8 Winner
1999German Open Gao Ling Chen Lin
Jiang Xuelian
13–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1999Thailand Open Gao Ling Emma Ermawati
Vita Marissa
15–8, 15–2 Winner
1999Malaysia Open Gao Ling Ge Fei
Gu Jun
8–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1998Denmark Open Tang Yongshu Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei
15–17, 15–10, 15–11 Winner
1998Singapore Open Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
8–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1998Japan Open Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
Walkover Runner-up
1997Grand Prix Finals Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
1–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1997Thailand Open Tang Yongshu Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana
15–8, 15–2 Winner
1997China Open Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
13–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1997U.S. Open Tang Yongshu Yoshiko Iwata
Haruko Matsuda
15–6, 15–2 Winner
1997Korea Open Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
10–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1996China Open Tang Yongshu Kim Mee-hyang
Park Soo-yun
15–2, 15–12 Winner
1995Canadian Open Tang Yongshu Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
10–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1995Indonesia Open Tang Yongshu Ge Fei
Gu Jun
6–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1994Dutch Open Tang Yongshu Peng Xinyong
Zhang Jin
4–15, 7–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999French Open Gao Ling Ang Li Peng
Chor Hooi Yee
15–0, 15–3 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999French Open Chen Gang Ian Sullivan
Gail Emms
15–12, 15–12 Winner