Zhang Ailing (badminton)

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Zhang Ailing is a retired female badminton player of China.

[edit] Career

She was the dominant international singles player when China first joined the International Badminton Federation , winning the prestigious All-England Championships in 1982 and 1983[1], as well as a host of other significant titles. In the 1983 IBF World Championships, however, she was beaten in the semifinal by Chinese teammate Han Aiping[2]. Zhang played third singles on China's 1984 Uber Cup (women's international) team which won the team world championship. Whether because she could no longer beat her teammates Han and Li Lingwei, or because of her marriage to fellow Chinese player Chen Changjie, Zhang disappeared from international badminton after the 1983-1984 season.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 106.
  2. ^ Hans Moller, "how Sugiarto and King created a dream final", World Badminton, June 1983, 14.
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