Liu Yong (badminton)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Yong (born August 12, 1975 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) was a male Chinese badminton player specialized in mixed doubles.

He is married with Dai Yun.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career

Liu Yong started badminton training when he was 8,^[1] and was taken into the Chinese National Team in 1993.^[2]

Liu won the 1997 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles, with Ge Fei, beating Jens Eriksen and Marlene Thomsen in the final. They also won a bronze medal at the 1999 IBF World Championships, and in the next edition in 2001, the reached the quarterfinals, and lost against Michael Søgaard and Rikke Olsen.

Liu Yong competed in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with Ge Fei. In the first round they had a bye, and in the second round they were defeated by Chris Bruil and Erica van den Heuvel, from the Netherlands.

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Mixed doubles (with Ge Fei)	1997	Glasgow, SCO
3	Mixed doubles (with Ge Fei)	1999	Copenhague, DEN
World Badminton Grand Prix
1	Mixed doubles (with Ge Fei)	1997	Jakarta, INA
Badminton World Cup
1	Mixed doubles (with Ge Fei)	1997	Jakarta, INA
Asian Championships
1	Mixed doubles (with Ge Fei)	1995	Beijing, CHN
International Opens
1	Mixed doubles	1994	Russian Open
1	Mixed doubles	1997	All England Open
1	Mixed doubles Men's doubles	1997 2002	Malaysia Open
1	Mixed doubles	1997	Korea Open
1	Mixed doubles	1997, 1999, 2000	Japan Open
1	Mixed doubles	1999	Thailand Open
1	Mixed doubles	1999	Chinese Taipei Open
1	Mixed doubles	1999, 2001	China Open