Ye Zhaoying, born on 7 May 1974, is a retired badminton player from Hangzhou, China, who was officially ranked as the number one women's singles player in the world for the first time in December 1995 and lost and regained that ranking several times. She won the IBF World Championships in 1995 and 1997, the World Grand Prix Finals in 1995, 1997 and 1999, and the All England title in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and she played on the Chinese teams that won the Uber Cup in 1992, 1998 and 2000. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics she earned the bronze medal, after being upset in the quarterfinals of the 1996 Games in Atlanta. She retired after Sydney, took up golf in 2002 and was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Officially ranked as the number one women's singles player in the world
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is a retired badminton player from Hangzhou, China
Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Career, 2000 Olympics
she earned a bronze medal in the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000
Competed In: 1996 Summer Olympics, Career, 1996 Olympics
having been upset in the quarterfinals of the
On The Roster Of: China National Badminton Team, Career, Uber Cup teams
She played on Chinese teams that won the Uber Cup in 1992, 1998 and 2000
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