Cheng Shao-chieh

Cheng Shao-chieh

Cheng Shao-chieh in 2011
Personal information
Birth name 鄭韶婕
Country  Republic of China
Born (1986-01-04) January 4, 1986[1]
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 47 kg (104 lb; 7.4 st)
Handedness Right
Women's Singles
Highest ranking 7 (September 8, 2011)
Current ranking 13 (June 21, 2012 [2])
Medal record
Competitor for  Chinese Taipei
Badminton
World Championships
2011 London Women's Singles
2005 Anaheim Women's Singles
World Junior Championships
2004 Vancouver Women's Singles
BWF profile
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Shao-Chieh (traditional Chinese: 鄭韶婕; simplified Chinese: 郑韶婕; pinyin: Zhèng Sháojié; Wade–Giles: Cheng Shao-chieh; born 4 January 1986 in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China) is a female badminton player from Republic of China.[1]

Cheng played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for the Republic of China as Chinese Taipei. In women's singles, she defeated Ling Wan Ting of Hong Kong and Jun Jae-youn of Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Cheng lost to Gong Ruina of China 11-3, 11-3. Later that year, she played in the Badminton World Junior 2004, held in Vancouver, British Columbia of Canada where she won the Gold title in Women's Singles. She also participated in the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim, California, USA making it to the Semifinals and taking a game from the eventual champion, Xie Xingfang. She achieved a world championship silver medal in 2011 in London. She reached the final, winning all her matches in straight games. In the quarterfinal she beat the then world number 1, Wang Shixian from China and in the semifinal she outclassed Juliane Schenk from Germany 18 and 6. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she again reached the quarter-finals, qualifying through from group C. She then beat Gu Juan in the second round before losing to Wang Yihan.

References

  1. 1 2 "CHENG Shao Chieh - Biography". gz2010.cn. Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ↑ BWF World Ranking



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