Wang Yilyu
Wang Yilyu, sometimes also transliterated as Wang Yilu, Wang Yilv or Wang Yilü, is a Chinese badminton player. He is the Badminton at the [2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|mixed doubles Olympic] champion at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and a two-time mixed doubles Asian Champion winning in 2018 and 2019. Together with Huang Dongping, he reached a career high of world number 1 in the mixed doubles on 12 April 2018.
Career
Wang was born in Jiaxing in 1994. He began badminton training at Youyi Primary School in Xiuzhou District in 2002. In 2003, he was transferred to Zhejiang Provincial Sports Vocational and Technical College for more professional and systematic badminton training. He has shown his talent since a young age, by winning the boys' doubles and team championships in the 2011 National Junior Championships.Since 2018, Wang has competed in mixed doubles alongside Huang Dongping in various competitions and garnered several championship titles including two Asian Championship champion titles, seven BWF World Tour titles, one Superseries first place finish, and two BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament trophies.
Wang competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|2020 Summer Olympics] partnering with Huang Dongping as the second seeds. The duo won a gold medal after beating their compatriots Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the final in a close rubber game. Wang played at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland, and was part of the China squad that lifted the Sudirman Cup trophy.
In May 2023, Wang resigned from the Chinese national team as a result of a long-term injury. BWF announced his retirement on 1 June 2023.
Achievements
Olympic Games
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| 2020 | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan |  BWF World ChampionshipsMixed doubles
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