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Tai Tzu-ying

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Tai Tzu-ying is a Taiwanese retired professional badminton player, born on 20 June 1994, who reached world number one in December 2016 at the age of 22 and held the position for 214 weeks in different spells, the longest in BWF women's singles history. She won the women's singles silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and at the 2021 BWF World Championships, and gold at the 2017 Summer Universiade and the 2018 Asian Games. She won the season ending finals a record four times, in 2014, 2016, 2020 and 2023, and she was three time champion of both the All England Open and the Asian Championships.

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Birth Year
1994 1
Gender
Female 1
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5+ 1
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Taiwanese retired professional badminton player
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    born 20 June 1994
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    She was gold medalist in the 2017 Summer Universiade
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    champion of BWF Super Series Finals/BWF World Tour Finals a record four times
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    Taiwanese retired professional badminton player
  • Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2020
    women's singles silver medalist in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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