Zhao Yunlei

Zhao Yunlei, born on 25 August 1986, is a Chinese badminton player who competed in mixed and women's doubles. She graduated with a BA from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. In 2012 she became the first and only badminton player to win two gold medals at the same Olympic Games, taking both the mixed and the women's doubles titles. By the 2015 BWF World Championships she held the record for most World Championship medals, with ten, and with her partner Zhang Nan she won three world mixed doubles titles, the first pairing to do so. She won 63 individual career titles, 38 in mixed and 25 in women's doubles, and retired from international competition after the 2016 Olympics.