Qin Yiyuan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Qin.

Qin Yiyuan 秦艺源
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1973-02-14) 14 February 1973 Nanning, Guangxi, China
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing China Summer Olympics 2000 Sydney Women's doubles 1996 Atlanta Women's doubles World Championships 1997 Glasgow Women's doubles 1999 Copenhagen Women's doubles 1995 Lausanne Women's doubles World Cup 1997 Yogyakarta Women's doubles 1996 Jakarta Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1997 Glasgow Mixed team Uber Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 1998 Hong Kong Women's team 1996 Hong Kong Women's team Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Women's team 1998 Bangkok Women's doubles 1998 Bangkok Mixed doubles Asian Championships 1998 Bangkok Women's doubles 1995 Beijing Women's doubles Asian Cup 1995 Qingdao Women's doubles East Asian Games 1993 Shanghai Women's team 1993 Shanghai Women's doubles
BWF profile

Qin Yiyuan (simplified Chinese: 秦艺源; traditional Chinese: 秦藝源; pinyin: Qín Yìyuán; born 14 February 1973) 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 (women's world team competition and trophy) in 1998 and 2000.

Achievements

Summer Olympics

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Gao Ling	Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min	15–10, 15–4	Bronze
1996	GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States	Tang Yongshu	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	7–15, 15–4, 15–8	Bronze

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Gao Ling	Ge Fei Gu Jun	6–15, 7–15	Bronze
1997	Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Tang Yongshu	Ge Fei Gu Jun	1–15, 8–15	Silver
1995	Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland	Tang Yongshu	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	8–15, 6–15	Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Tang Yongshu	Ge Fei Gu Jun	10–15, 15–9, 9–15	Silver
1996	Jakarta, Indonesia	Tang Yongshu	Ge Fei Gu Jun	6–15, 12–15	Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand	Tang Yongshu	Eliza Nathanael Deyana Lomban	10–15, 5–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand	Zhang Jun	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	3–15, 6–15	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Tang Yongshu	Ge Fei Gu Jun	8–15, 7–15	Silver
1995	Beijing, China	Tang Yongshu	Ge Fei Gu Jun	1–15, 4–15	Silver

Asian Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Qingdao, China	Tang Yongshu	Ge Fei Gu Jun	8–15, 6–15	Bronze

East Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Shanghai, 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 (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

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

IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	French Open	Gao Ling	Ang Li Peng Chor Hooi Yee	15–0, 15–3	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	French Open	Chen Gang	Ian Sullivan Gail Emms	15–12, 15–12	Winner

External links

• Qin Yiyuan at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Qin Yiyuan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Qin Yiyuan at Olympedia
• Qin Yiyuan at Olympics.com
• Qin Yiyuan at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Qin Yiyuan at BWFBadminton.com