Huang Ya Qiong

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Character Introduction

Huang Yaqiong, born on 28 February 1994 in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is a mixed doubles player of the Chinese badminton team, and the mixed doubles champion of the World Badminton Championships, currently playing for the Chinese badminton team.

In 2002, at the age of 8, Huang Yaqiong attended Zhoushan Road Primary School, where she began to receive systematic badminton training under Cao Ji, a retired athlete from Zhejiang Province who had been selected for the national youth badminton team.

In July 2011, Huang Yaqiong for the first time on behalf of the national team to participate in the international tournament Asian Youth Badminton Championships, to help the national team to win the mixed team championship; however, due to the team to the District Dongni / Xiong Rui as the main female doubles, she was only able to play a game against Syria, after the game, she said, “I played a game, or against so weak opponents, and I always feel that this gold medal is ‘picked up’. The gold medal is ‘picked up’.

In 2012, Huang Yaqiong represented the national team to participate in the Asian Junior Badminton Championships held in Gimcheon City, South Korea, and won the second place in the women’s doubles match together with Yu Xiaohan.

In July 2013, Huang Yaqiong played in the U.S. Golden Grand Prix, where she partnered with Yu Xiaohan and Wang Yilu to reach the women’s doubles and mixed doubles finals respectively, but ultimately fell short of their rivals, winning only two second-place finishes; a week later, she and Yu Xiaohan reached the women’s doubles final of the Canadian Grand Prix, and won her first career grand prix title, defeating the Dutch duo by a margin of 2-1 (11-21, 21-11, 21-13); on 1 December 2013, she was the first female badminton player in Macao to be named the winner of the 2013 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. On 1 December 2013, at the 2013 Macau Badminton Grand Prix, Rukai/Huang Yaqiong won the Mixed Doubles title with a 2-1 victory over Cui Ruikei/Cai Yuding.

On 20 April 2014, at the 2014 China Badminton Masters, Lu Kai/Huang Yaqiong won the mixed doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Wang Yilu/Xia Huan.

On 25 October 2015, at the 2015 French Open Badminton Championships, Huang Yaqiong/Tong Jinhua won the women’s doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Luo Win/Luo Yu.

On 8 March 2016, 2016 German Badminton Open, Huang Yaqiong/Tang Jinhua won the women’s doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Putita/Shahili; on 12 June of the same year, 2016 Australian Open Badminton Championships, Huang Yaqiong/Lu Kai won the mixed doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen, the second time that Lu Kai/Huang Yaqiong got the mixed doubles title in a super tournament.

On 5 August 2018, at the World Badminton Championships, Huang Yaqiong/Zheng Siwei won the mixed doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping.

On 27 August 2018, at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won their first Asian Games mixed doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue.

On 25 August 2019, at the Basel World Badminton Championships, Huang Yaqiong/Zheng Siwei won the mixed doubles title with a 2-0 win over De Chia Bo/Shahili.

On 9 December 2019, Huang Yaqiong won the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Female Athlete of the Year Award, repeating the award after winning the Best Female Athlete Award in 2018.

On 15 December 2019, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the Mixed Doubles Finals for the first time by defeating Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping 2-0 at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Pro Circuit Finals (Guangzhou).

On 30 July 2021, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the silver medal in the mixed doubles badminton final at the Tokyo Olympics.

On 1 May 2022, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the mixed doubles final of the 2022 Badminton Asian Championships, defeating Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping 2-0 in a derby match.

On 28 August 2022, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the gold medal in the mixed doubles final of the Badminton World Championships in Tokyo, defeating the host duo of Isao Watanabe/Yuka Higashino 2-0 to become the triple crown winners of the mixed doubles at the World Championships.

In December 2022, Huang Yaqiong teamed up with Zheng Siwei to compete in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Finals, and won the tenth mixed doubles title of the season after the Asian Championships, Thailand Open, Indonesia Masters, Indonesia Open, Grand Prix, Malaysian Masters, World Championships, Danish Open, and French Open with a 21-19, 18-21, 21-13 victory over Dejabo/Shahili in the final.

In October 2023, Huang Yaqiong partnered Zheng Siwei in the Hangzhou Asian Games, winning the mixed doubles final with a 21-15, 21-14 victory over Isao Watanabe/Arisa Higashino, becoming the first mixed doubles pair in the history of the national badminton team to successfully defend the title at the Asian Games.

In December 2023, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the WBF Tour Finals in Hangzhou for the third time in their careers, defeating Feng Yanche/Huang Dongping 21-11, 21-18 in the final.

World Ranking – Mixed Doubles 1, Week 28, 2024

Olympic Points – Mixed Doubles 1, 109773 points

Finals Ranking – Mixed Doubles 5, 55050 points

Equipment Used

ASTROX 77 PRO, 75TH 65Z2, Ground Flying PRO, BG66 ULTIMAX, AEROBITE, ASTROX 77 Glitter Red, EXBOLT 63, Li-Ning Line 1, AERONAUT 7000I Cyan Violet

Major Achievements

2024 Indonesia Open Badminton Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2024 Singapore Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2024 Asian Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2024 All England Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2024 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2023 Badminton World Finals Mixed Doubles Champion
2023 China Shenzhen Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2023 Kumamoto Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2023 Denmark Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2022 Asian Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Gold Medal
2022 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Silver Medal
2023 World Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2023 Japan Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2023 Indonesia Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2023 Sudirman Cup Badminton Mixed Team Champion
2023 Asian Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2023 All England Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2023 India Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finalist
2023 Malaysia Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Badminton World Finals Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 France Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Denmark Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Japan Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2022 World Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Malaysia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Malaysia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Indonesia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Thailand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
2022 Korea Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2022 German Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2022 All England Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finalist
2021 14th National Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2020 Tokyo Olympics Badminton Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2020 National Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
2020 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champon
2020 Malaysia Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2019 Badminton World Federation Year-end Finals Mixed Doubles Champion
2019 China Fuzhou Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2019 France Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2019 Korea Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2019 China Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2019 World Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
2019 Indonesia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2019 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Champion
2019 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2019 Singapore Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2019 Malaysia Open Badminton Mixed Doubles Champion
2019 All England Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2019 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2018WBF Year End Finals Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2018 China Fuzhou Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2018 France Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2018 Denmark Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2018 China Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2018 Japan Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2018 Asian Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Gold Medal
2018 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Silver Medal
2018 World Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
2018 Indonesia Open Badminton Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2018 Malaysia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
2018 Uber Cup Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up
2018 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal
2018 All England Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2018 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2018 Malaysia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2017 Badminton World Federation Super Series Finals Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
2017 National Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2017 Hong Kong China Badminton Premier Superseries Mixed Doubles Champion
2017 China Badminton Premier Super Series Mixed Doubles Champion
2017 China Macau Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
2017 China Macau Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
2017 Korea Badminton Premier Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
2017 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Runner-up
2017 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
2017 China Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2017 Singapore Badminton Premier Superseries Mixed Doubles Champion
2017 Malaysia Badminton Premier Super Tournament Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2017 Malaysia Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2017 Badminton India Premier Superseries Mixed Doubles Champion
2017 All England Badminton Premier Superseries Mixed Doubles Champion
2017 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2016 Denmark Super Series Premier Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2016 Japan Badminton Superseries Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2016 Badminton Australia Premier Superseries Mixed Doubles Champion
2016 Indonesia Badminton Premier Superseries Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2016 Badminton India Premier Premier Mixed Doubles Champion
2016 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
2016 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals of France Badminton Superseries 2015
2015 France Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Champion
2015 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
2015 Singapore Badminton Super Tournament Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2015 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
2014 Macau Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2014 Bitburger Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
2014 Chinese Taipei Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles 4th Runner-up
2014 China Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
2014 China Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2014 Malaysia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
2014 Malaysia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
2014 Badminton India Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2014 Badminton India Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
2013 China Macau Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
2013 Badminton China Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2013 Badminton Canada Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
2013 USA Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2013 USA Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-up
2012 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion
2012 World Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2012 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Third Place
2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion