Yuan Wemyss
Yuan Wemyss is a former Chinese-born Scottish badminton player who won Scottish National Championships 13 times.
Career
Wemyss formerly played at the regional level in China. She temporarily left the sport in 1999 to study English at the Carlisle College. In Carlisle, she met Scottish national badminton coach Dan Travers who supported her playing badminton and representing Scotland. She there received the nickname Rita Yuan Gao.Wemyss represented the Scottish team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, where she competed in the badminton events, winning a bronze medal as part of the mixed team.
She was four times singles champion, six-times doubles champion and twice mixed doubles champion at the Scottish National Badminton Championships.
As of 2012, Yuan Gao moved to Zurich, Switzerland for part-time study of a master of philosophy in sports studies at the University of Stirling with a coaching role at Swiss Badminton. She also served as a women's ambassador for Badminton World Federation. In 2013, she competed in World Senior Championships. Currently she is acting as Performance and Development Coach of Badminton Scotland.
Family
Wemyss comes from Wuhan. Her father was a football coach and her brother was a professional player of Hubei Province. Her mother was a former Army administrator.Achievements
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |||||
| 2001 | Dutch Open |  IBF InternationalWomen's singles
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