Cheng Wen Hsing

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Character Introduction

Cheng Wen Hsing is a Chinese Taipei women’s badminton player.

Cheng Wen Hsing comes from a badminton family. Her father, Ching Ka-yan, is a world champion badminton player, and her mother is a physical education teacher. She was introduced to badminton at the age of 2 and competed at the age of 7.

In 1996, at the age of 15, Cheng Wen Hsing made her international debut representing Chinese Taipei in the mixed doubles event at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Denmark. In 2002, she competed in the World University Badminton Championships, winning her first international tournament in the Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles events.

In 2004, she won her first adult title in women’s doubles and mixed doubles at the U.S. Open Badminton Championships. In the same year, she qualified for both the Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles at the Athens Olympics, becoming the first Taiwanese badminton player to compete in both competitions; however, she was only able to finish in the round of 16 in both categories.

Ching has been paired with Jane Yujin since 2002. Ching’s ability to handle small balls in front of the net while Jane is good at attacking, coupled with their strong and soft personalities, have a complementary effect on the court. Cheng / Jane cooperation for many years, set a number of Taiwan’s badminton records, in addition to a total of 10 national women’s doubles championship, and three times dominated the Chinese Taipei Badminton Open, two Asian Badminton Championships runner-up; more as the main body to help the Chinese Taipei team to break through the record results, the courage to win the third place of the Uber Cup in 2006; therefore, there is a “golden women’s doubles” reputation in Taiwan. Therefore, they are known as the “Golden Women’s Doubles” in Taiwan.

In addition to women’s doubles, Ching also excels in mixed doubles, having won several mixed doubles titles with Tsai Chia-hsin, Chen Hong-lin and Indonesia’s Olympic gold medalist Wu Chun-ming.

In 2008, Cheng Wen Hsing/Jane Yujin represented Chinese Taipei to compete in the Beijing Olympics in the Women’s Badminton Doubles for the second time in the Olympic Games. They met China’s Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen, seeded third in the conference, in the second round and lost 0-2 (14-21, 18-21) to advance. After winning the China North Badminton Open in the same year, the pair split up for the first time due to personality and career planning issues. However, not long after the split, the partnership vault they played for brought them back together, and Cheng/Jane were re-paired in early 2009.

After their reunion, they reached the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Super Badminton Championships, and then won the Korea Super Badminton Championships; this successive success led to their world ranking jumping to No. 1 at the end of January 2009, setting a new record for the Taiwanese badminton world. After that, they played a total of 14 tournaments, in which they won three titles and reached the quarterfinals in eight of them, and as a result, at the end of September 2010, they were again ranked No. 1 in the world in women’s doubles.

In 2012, Cheng Wen Hsing/Jane Yujin represented Chinese Taipei at the London Olympics in the women’s doubles badminton tournament, and were among a handful of triple winners. They won 2 and lost 1 in the group stage and advanced to the top of the group; however, they lost 0-2 (10-21, 14-21) to China’s Zhao Yunlei/Tian Qing in the quarterfinals, and could only equal their own record from the Beijing Olympics four years ago.

After the London Olympics, Cheng Wen Hsing/Jane Yujin will split up again due to career planning. Cheng Wenxin said that they will be paired with younger players to help them grow after the split.

In August 2013, Cheng Wen Hsing participated in the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China, where she competed with Nicco Xie and Chen Honglin in the Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. In the Women’s Doubles, she and Nicco Xie automatically advanced in the first round due to a no-round, but lost to top seeds Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang of China 0-2 (6-21, 21-23) in the second round. As for Mixed Doubles, she and Chen Honglin beat the Mexican pair 2-0 in the first round, and then 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) in the second round against 16th seeded Chris Edcock/Gabri White of England; however, they lost to 6th seeded Muhammad Reza/Debbie Susanto of Indonesia 0-2 (13-21, 13-21) in the third round, and stopped at the Round of 16.

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