Xie Xingfang

Xie Xingfang
Personal information
Birth name	谢杏芳
Country	China
Born	(1981-01-08) January 8, 1981 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1 (April 7, 2005[1])
Medal record Women's badminton Competitor for  China Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing Women's singles World Championships Gold 2006 Madrid Women's singles Gold 2005 Anaheim Women's singles Silver 2009 Hyderabad Women's singles World Cup Gold 2005 Yiyang Women's singles Silver 2006 Yiyang Women's singles Uber Cup Gold 2008 Jakarta Team Gold 2006 Sendai/Tokyo Team Gold 2004 Jakarta Team Asian Games Gold 2006 Doha Women's team Bronze 2006 Doha Women's singles World Junior Championships Gold 1998 Melbourne Girls' doubles Bronze 1998 Melbourne Mixed doubles Asian Junior Championships Gold 1999 Girls' doubles Gold 1999 Girls' team
Updated on 09:44, 26 October 2013 (UTC).

Xie Xingfang (born January 8, 1981, in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a female badminton player from the China. She is a two-time world champion women's singles.

Her first big title was in girl's doubles, with her provincial team mate Zhang Jiewen, at the World Junior Championships in 1998. She has also won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Cai Yun. Yet once she entered the Chinese national team, she switched to singles. 2004 was her "break-out" year as she won several top tier titles on the world circuit. Xie and her senior compatriot and rival Zhang Ning were the most dominant international women's singles players of the mid and late parts of the decade, though they were pressed by younger teammates such as Zhu Lin, Lu Lan, Jiang Yanjiao and Wang Yihan. Not an especially elegant looking stylist, Xie's strengths were her reach, quickness, consistency, and court sense. She was a member of China's world champion Uber Cup teams of 2004, 2006, and 2008.

Her last appearance as a player in a major badminton competition, came at the Chinese National Games in October 2009.

During much of her badminton career Xie was romantically involved with fellow Chinese badminton star Lin Dan. In 2006 Xie and Lin won their respective women's and men's singles titles at the IBF World Championships in Madrid. Xie had also won the world title in 2005 when Lin finished second to Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat. Xie Xingfang and Lin Dan were married in Guangzhou, China, on Dec 13th 2010, after 7 years of dating.

Major achievements

References

External links

• (Chinese) Xie Xingfang's Blog
• (Chinese) The Official Xie Xingfang Website
• (Chinese) The Official China Badminton Website