Zheng Si Wei

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Character Introduction

Zheng Siwei, born on 26 February 1997 in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is a mixed doubles player of the Chinese badminton team and a mixed doubles champion of the World Badminton Championships.

Zheng Siwei started to practice badminton in primary school, and in 2005, he joined the newly formed badminton team of the Municipal Sports School, coached by Chen Rong, and was selected for the national team in 2013.

In 2013, Zheng Siwei/Huang Kaixiang won the second place in the men’s doubles of Asian Junior Badminton Championships and World Junior Badminton Championships.

In 2014 Asian Junior Badminton Championships, Zheng Siwei/Huang Kaixiang won the Men’s Doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Kim Jung-gu/Kim Jae-hwan; Zheng Siwei helped China win the team title with a 3-0 victory over Korea.

On 2 February 2015, at the 2015 China International Badminton Challenge, Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen beat Liu Yuchen/Yu Xiaohan 2-1 to get the mixed doubles gold medal.

At the 2015 New Zealand Badminton Golden Grand Prix, Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen won the mixed doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Yu Xiaoyu/Xia Huan, and Zheng Siwei/Huang Kaixiang won the men’s doubles title with a 2-1 victory over Alfian/Adrianto.

In the 2015 Asian Youth Badminton Championships, Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen won the Mixed Doubles title with a 2-0 win over the Korean pair Choi Jong-woo/Kim Hye-jeong, and Zheng Siwei/He Jiting won the Men’s Doubles title with a 2-1 win over Han Chengkai/Zhou Hao-dong, becoming the Triple Crown winners of the tournament.

At the 2015 World Junior Badminton Championships, Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen won the Mixed Doubles title with a 2-0 win over He Jiting/Du Yue; Zheng Siwei/He Jiting won the Men’s Doubles title by sweeping the Danish duo of Joel/Mortensen 2-0, and in addition, Zheng Siwei helped China to win the Team Mixed title with a 3-0 win over Indonesia.

In February 2016, Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen won the Thailand Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles title with a 2-0 win over Chen Bingshun/Wu Liuying.

At the 2016 Badminton Super Series in France, Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen won the mixed doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na.

At the 2017 Badminton World Federation Super Series Finals, Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen won the mixed doubles title with a 2-0 victory over Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue.

On 7 September 2017, at the 13th Games of the People’s Republic of China, Chen Qingchen/Zheng Siwei defeated Huang Yaqiong/Lu Kai 2-0 to win the mixed doubles title.

On 5 August 2018, the World Badminton Championships concluded in Nanjing, where Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the title with a 2-0 victory over teammates Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping. This was the first time the pair of Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the World Championships, the third time that China had won the mixed doubles title in the last four World Championships, and the eighth time that China had won the mixed doubles title at the World Championships.

On 27 August 2018, at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong defeated Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue 2-0 to win the pair’s first Asian Games mixed doubles title, so that China’s mixed doubles also defended this title, which was China’s third mixed doubles title at the Asian Games.

In May 2019, at the 2019 Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships, Zheng Siwei helped China win the title with a 3-0 victory over Japan. On 25 August 2019, at the 2019 World Badminton Championships, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong successfully defended their title with a 2-0 victory over the Thai duo of Dechapol/Sasiri, and also won China’s only gold medal at that World Championships.

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

On 28 August 2022, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the gold medal in the mixed doubles final of the Badminton World Championships in Tokyo with a 2-0 victory over the host pairing of Isao Watanabe/Yuka Higashino, becoming the triple champion of mixed doubles at the World Championships.

In December 2022, Zheng Siwei teamed up with Huang Yaqiong to play 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 by defeating Dejabo/Shahili 21-19, 18-21, 21-13 in the final. It was the second Finals title for the Yasi duo after three years, following 2019, and the fourth Finals mixed doubles title for Zheng Siwei, following 2016 and 2017.

In October 2023, Zheng Siwei teamed up with Huang Yaqiong to compete in the Hangzhou Asian Games, defeating the Japanese duo of Watanabe Yonda/Higashino Arisa 21-15, 21-14 in the mixed doubles final to successfully defend their title and win the championship, becoming the first mixed doubles duo in the history of the national badminton team to successfully defend their title at the Asian Games.

World Ranking – Mixed Doubles 1, Week 28, 2024

Olympic Points – Mixed Doubles 1, 109773 points

Finals Ranking – Mixed Doubles 5, 55050 points