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Angela Yu (badminton)

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Angela Yu
于亚杰
Personal information
CountryAustralia
Born (2003-03-08) 8 March 2003 (age 21)
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking21 (with Setyana Mapasa, 5 November 2024)
Current ranking21 (with Setyana Mapasa, 5 November 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Geelong Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ballarat Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Geelong Women's team
Oceania Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Melbourne Women's singles
BWF profile
Angela Yu
Traditional Chinese于亞傑
Simplified Chinese于亚杰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYú Yàjié

Angela Yu (born 8 March 2003) is an Australian badminton player.[1] She won a gold medal in women's doubles at the 2024 Oceania Badminton Championships. She represented Australia in women's doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

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Angela was born in Box Hill, Melbourne to former Chinese badminton players Tang Yongshu and Yu Qi. Her brother, Jack Yu is also a badminton player and is part of the Australia national team.[2]

Career

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In 2023, Angela partnered with Setyana Mapasa. She won her first World Tour title with Setyana at the 2023 Kaohsiung Masters.[3] The duo then won the Bendigo International and the Sydney International.[4] In 2024, Angela and Setyana reached the semi-finals of the 2024 Swiss Open but lost to Hsu Ya-ching and Lin Wan-ching.[5] Angela and Setyana also reached the semi-finals of the 2024 Australian Open and became the first Australians to reach the women's doubles semi-finals at the home tournament since 2009.

The duo earned enough ranking points to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's doubles event. Although they did not proceed to the knockout stages, they did win against Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa in the group stage to salvage a point and place third in the group.

Achievements

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Oceania Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Leisuretime Sports Precinct,
Geelong, Australia 		Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Kaitlyn Ea
Australia Gronya Somerville 		21–18, 21–11 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia 		Australia Mitchell Wheller New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis
New Zealand Anona Pak 		9–21, 21–23 Bronze Bronze

Oceania Junior Championships

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Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia New Zealand Shaunna Li 16–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia 		Australia Kaitlyn Ea Australia Majan Almazan
Australia Kelly Xu 		15–21, 21–13, 21–16 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia 		Australia Jack Yu New Zealand Edward Lau
New Zealand Shaunna Li 		21–17, 19–21, 21–16 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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.[7]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Australia Setyana Mapasa Japan Maiko Kawazoe
Japan Haruna Konishi 		21–19, 8–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 8 runners-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Mongolia International Australia Setyana Mapasa Hong Kong Lui Lok Lok
Hong Kong Ng Wing Yung 		16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Bendigo International Australia Setyana Mapasa Chinese Taipei Hsu Yin-hui
Chinese Taipei Lin Jhih-yun 		18–21, 22–20, 27–25 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Sydney International Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Sylvina Kurniawan
Australia Poon Lok Yan 		21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Angela Yu | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ Sukumar, Dev (26 July 2024). "All in the Family: Angela Yu Follows in Mum's Footsteps". olympics.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ "前国羽选手女儿入籍澳洲 携搭档击败国羽女双". www.yuqiudi.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  4. ^ "November High Performance Update - Badminton Australia". 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  5. ^ "前中国奥运铜牌得主入籍澳洲 女儿携搭档反戈击败中国女双 - 体育 - 羽球". 星洲网 Sin Chew Daily Malaysia Latest News and Headlines (in Chinese (China)). 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  6. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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