Zhang Jiewen (simplified Chinese: 张洁雯; traditional Chinese: 張潔雯; pinyin: Zhāng Jiéwén; Cantonese Yale: Cheung1 Git3 Man4; born 4 January 1981) is a Chinese former badminton player.[2]

Zhang Jiewen
张洁雯
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1981-01-04) 4 January 1981 (age 43)
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Spouse
(m. 2010)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (WD with Yang Wei, October 2003[1])
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Women's doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Anaheim Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2001 Seville Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Madrid Women's doubles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2005 Yiyang Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Yiyang Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2005 Beijing Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Glasgow Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Eindhoven Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2002 Guangzhou Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Jakarta Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Sendai & Tokyo Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Jakarta Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Mixed doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Bangkok Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2008 Johor Bahru Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Suwon Women's doubles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Melbourne Girls' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Yangon Girls' team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Yangon Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Yangon Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

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One of China's most successful women's doubles specialists, Zhang has won some thirty international titles, the vast majority of them in partnership with Yang Wei, during the first decade of the 21st century. They have shared world dominance almost equally with their compatriot adversaries Gao Ling and Huang Sui. One or the other pair has captured all of the BWF World Championships held since 2000, with Zhang and Yang winning in both 2005 and 2007 by defeating Gao and Huang in the finals. Zhang and Yang also emerged victorious at the 2004 Olympics in Athens by besting their rivals in a closely contested gold medal match.[3] Conversely, Gao and Huang had the upper hand in three finals (2003), 2004, 2006) at the venerable All-England Championships. This tourney has been something of an anomaly for Zhang as she has reached the women's doubles final there six times (four with Yang and twice, earlier, with Wei Yili) without winning.

In 2008 Zhang helped China secure its sixth consecutive Uber Cup (women's world team championship), and won the Swiss, Thailand, and Malaysia Open women's doubles titles with Yang. At the Beijing Olympics where they were top seeded, however, Zhang and Yang were upset in the quarterfinals by Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna. The event was eventually won by another, younger Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang, perhaps marking a changing of the guard in the Chinese dynasty.

Zhang Jiewen decided to quit competitive badminton after the 2008 Summer Olympics, when she married former Malaysian men's badminton doubles star Choong Tan Fook, with whom she has two children.[4] She is currently coaching in a badminton facility in Guangzhou.[5] Zhang Jiewen received an award during a ceremony to mark her retirement with five other teammates from the Chinese national badminton team on the sidelines of the China Open badminton event in Shanghai, November 23, 2008. [6]

Achievements

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Olympic Games

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
7–15, 15–4, 15–8   Gold

World Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
11–15, 15–17   Silver
2005 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
17–16, 15–7   Gold
2006 Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain   Yang Wei   Wei Yili
  Zhang Yawen
14–21, 19–21   Bronze
2007 Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
21–16, 21–19   Gold

World Cup

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China   Yang Wei   Wei Yili
  Zhang Yawen
21–18, 21–15   Gold
2006 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
19–21, 6–21   Silver

Asian Games

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
21–18, 21–23, 14–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea   Chen Qiqiu   Kim Dong-moon
  Ra Kyung-min
6–11, 0–11   Bronze

Asian Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
11–8, 11–6   Gold
2008 Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia   Yang Wei   Cheng Wen-hsing
  Chien Yu-chin
22–20, 21–16   Gold
2009 Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea   Yang Wei   Ma Jin
  Wang Xiaoli
16–21, 20–22   Bronze

World Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1998 Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
  Xie Xingfang   Hua Sui
  Gong Ruina
3–15, 15–13, 15–10   Gold

Asian Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar   Xie Xingfang   Li Yujia
  Wei Yili
15–9, 15–6   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar   Xie Zhongbo   Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
  Enny Erlangga
14–17, 12–15   Bronze

BWF Superseries (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[8] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Korea Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
21–12, 14–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2007 All England Open   Yang Wei   Wei Yili
  Zhang Yawen
16–21, 21–8, 22–24   Runner-up
2007 Japan Open   Yang Wei   Yu Yang
  Zhao Tingting
21–17, 21–5   Winner
2007 Denmark Open   Yang Wei   Lee Hyo-jung
  Lee Kyung-won
12–21, 21–19, 21–19   Winner
2008 Malaysia Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Zhao Tingting
21–13, 16–21, 24–22   Winner
2008 Swiss Open   Yang Wei   Wei Yili
  Zhang Yawen
21–18, 22–24, 21–8   Winner
2009 Malaysia Open   Yang Wei   Lee Hyo-jung
  Lee Kyung-won
15–21, 12–21   Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (25 titles, 14 runners-up)

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Denmark Open   Wei Yili   Chen Lin
  Jiang Xuelian
7–15, 3–15   Runner-up
2001 All England Open   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
15–10, 8–15, 9–15   Runner-up
2001 Singapore Open   Wei Yili   Zhang Yawen
  Zhao Tingting
8–6, 7–3, 7–4   Winner
2001 China Open   Wei Yili   Huang Nanyan
  Yang Wei
8–6, 7–3, 6–8, 8–7   Winner
2003 All England Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
9–11, 7–11   Runner-up
2003 Swiss Open   Yang Wei   Wei Yili
  Zhao Tingting
11–7, 6–11, 11–4   Winner
2003 Singapore Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
17–16, 15–7   Winner
2003 Indonesia Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
Walkover   Runner-up
2003 Malaysia Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
15–5, 1–15, 17–15   Winner
2003 Denmark Open   Yang Wei   Zhang Dan
  Zhang Yawen
15–2, 15–1   Winner
2003 German Open   Yang Wei   Lee Kyung-won
  Ra Kyung-min
6–15, 17–15, 8–15   Runner-up
2003 Hong Kong Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
14–17, 5–15   Runner-up
2003 China Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
8–15, 12–15   Runner-up
2004 Swiss Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
Walkover   Runner-up
2004 All England Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
Walkover   Runner-up
2004 Korea Open   Yang Wei   Lee Kyung-won
  Ra Kyung-min
15–8, 9–15, 15–6   Winner
2004 Malaysia Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
15–7, 15–6   Winner
2004 China Open   Yang Wei   Wei Yili
  Zhao Tingting
15–14, 15–12   Winner
2004 Singapore Open   Yang Wei   Sathinee Chankrachangwong
  Saralee Thungthongkam
15–5, 9–15, 15–11   Winner
2004 Indonesia Open   Yang Wei   Zhang Dan
  Zhang Yawen
15–10, 15–5   Winner
2005 Japan Open   Yang Wei   Wei Yili
  Zhao Tingting
15–12, 15–2   Winner
2005 Malaysia Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
15–6, 15–8   Winner
2005 Hong Kong Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
15–13, 8–15, 15–6   Winner
2005 China Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
15–10, 15–4   Winner
2006 German Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
3–15, 15–11, 15–10   Winner
2006 All England Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
15–6, 11–15, 2–15   Runner-up
2006 Indonesia Open   Yang Wei   Wei Yili
  Zhang Yawen
13–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2006 Singapore Open   Yang Wei   Zhang Dan
  Zhao Tingting
21–18, 21–18   Winner
2006 Korea Open   Yang Wei   Jo Novita
  Greysia Polii
21–10, 21–11   Winner
2006 Hong Kong Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
21–19, 15–21, 21–19   Winner
2006 China Open   Yang Wei   Wei Yili
  Zhang Yawen
21–17, 21–7   Winner
2007 German Open   Yang Wei   Du Jing
  Yu Yang
21–8, 21–7   Winner
2007 Bitburger Open   Yang Wei   Natalie Munt
  Joanne Nicholas
21–11, 21–10   Winner
2008 Thailand Open   Yang Wei   Chin Eei Hui
  Wong Pei Tty
15–21, 21–13, 21–13   Winner
2009 Thailand Open   Yang Wei   Gao Ling
  Wei Yili
22–24, 21–17, 21–15   Winner
2009 Macau Open   Yang Wei   Du Jing
  Yu Yang
16–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2009 Chinese Taipei Open   Yang Wei   Vita Marissa
  Mona Santoso
21–14, 21–9   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Malaysia Open   Liu Yong   Bambang Suprianto
  Emma Ermawati
8–7, 8–6, 2–7, 2–7, 2–7   Runner-up
2003 Singapore Open   Zheng Bo   Kim Dong-moon
  Ra Kyung-min
5–15, 9–15   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International (1 runners-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 French International   Wei Yili   Zhang Yawen
  Zhao Tingting
7–1, 7–2, 5–7, 5–7, 2–7   Runner-up

References

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  2. ^ "搭档一年收获金牌 杨维、张洁雯场内场外都默契". www.southcn.com (in Chinese). 21 August 2004. Archived from the original on 25 September 2004. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ Efharis Skarveli; Isabel Zervos (2005). Official report of the XXVIII Olympiad : Athens 2004. Athens: Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. ISBN 960-88101-6-7.
  4. ^ "Badminton: Tan Fook hopes to fulfil dream by producing world and Olympic champs | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ Rajes Paul (15 January 2008). "Badminton: Tan Fook to wed Chinese doubles star after Olympics". Retrieved 17 January 2007.
  6. ^ "Veteran badminton champions retire". china.org.cn.
  7. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  8. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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