Yao Fen


Yao Fen is a Chinese former international level women's badminton player.

Career

A doubles specialist, Yao won a number of top tier events on the world circuit in the early 1990s. Her earliest international success came in partnership with Lai Caiqin with whom she captured women's doubles' titles at the Japan and Thailand Opens and the Badminton World Cup in 1990. In her most successful season, 1992, she paired with Lin Yanfen to win the China and Swedish Opens, the Badminton World Cup, the World Badminton Grand Prix, and the prestigious All-England Championships. Yao and Lin were bronze medalists at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and played doubles for China's world champion 1992 Uber Cup team. In 1993 they won the French Open women's doubles and were runners-up in defense of their title at the All England Championships.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's Doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Pavelló de la Mar Bella, Barcelona, Spain

World Cup

Women's Doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia

Asian Games

Women's Doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China

Asian Cup

Women's Doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia

IBF World Grand Prix (10 titles, 4 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's Singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1986Carlton-Intersport Cupgold1

IBF International

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1984Polish Open