Yu Yang (badminton)

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Yu Yang

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Date of birth April 7, 1986 (1986-04-07) (age 22)
Women's & Mixed doubles
Country Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Current Ranking 5 (in WD)
8 (in XD) (August 23, 2007)
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Yu Yang (simplified Chinese: 于洋; pinyin: Yu Yang, born April 7, 1986 in Haicheng, Liaoning) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.

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Yu won the bronze medal in the 2006 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Du Jing. They were defeated in semifinals by Gao Ling and Huang Sui of China, 21-18, 20-22, 17-21.

The following year they also played at the 2007 BWF World Championships. They were seeded #5 and were defeated in the second round by a walkover. In mixed dobles she played with He Hanbin, seeded #7, and lost in the third round against Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Kostiuczyk of Poland.

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