Jiang Yanjiao


Jiang Yanjiao, is a Chinese badminton player from Changzhou. She graduated from the Huaqiao University.

Career

A winner of both the BWF [World Junior Championships] and the Asian Junior [Badminton Championships|Asian Junior Championships], Jiang has since emerged as one of the world's leading women's singles players. She won the Chinese national title in 2005, the Denmark Open in 2006, the Asian Championships in both 2007 and 2008, and the China Open in 2008. Jiang played singles for China national [badminton team|China's world champion] Uber Cup teams of 2006 and 2008.
As one of several Chinese women's singles players who rate among the world's best, Jiang has been excluded from some international competitions which set a maximum number of participants from any one country. For example, at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing neither Jiang nor reigning world champion Zhu Lin were entered in the women's singles event which limited the strongest badminton nations to three competitors.

Achievements

World Cup

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2006Olympic Park, Yiyang, China

Asian Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2006Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2002Pretoria Showgrounds, Pretoria, South Africa

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2002Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008China Opengold1

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2006Denmark Opengold1

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.