Yao Jie 姚洁
Personal information
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1977-04-10)10 April 1977 (age 48)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Current ranking	32 (2 May 2013[1])
Medal record Women'sbadminton Representing Netherlands World Cup 2005 Yiyang Women's singles Uber Cup 2006 Tokyo Women's team European Championships 2002 Malmö Women's singles 2004 Geneva Women's singles 2006 Den Bosch Women's singles 2012 Karlskrona Women's singles European Mixed Team Championships 2004 Geneva Mixed team 2006 Den Bosch Mixed team 2002 Malmö Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2006 Thessalonica Women's team 2008 Almere Women's team 2012 Amsterdam Women's team Representing China East Asian Games 1997 Busan Women's team World Junior Championships 1994 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles 1994 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Yao Jie (simplified Chinese:姚洁;traditional Chinese:姚潔;pinyin:Yáo Jié; born 10 April 1977^[2]) is aChinese-bornbadminton player who now resides in theNetherlands.

Yao is one of a number of badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because the depth of badminton talent in that country has made it difficult for them to be selected for major international competitions. Prior to her move to the Netherlands, she won theBWF World Junior Championships in girls' doubles withLiu Lu in 1994 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and helped the Chinese national women's team clinch a gold medal at the 1997 East Asian Games.^[3] But her passion was for the ladies singles event.

Since moving to the Netherlands Yao Jie has won the women's singles event 4 times at theDutch Open (2003, 2008, 2009 & 2011), she won theThailand Open twice (2004, 2005), and the biennialEuropean Championships once (2002), and a high number of 11Dutch National Championships. Nine times the Dutch crown in singles and twice in doubles. She was also a 3-times European bronze medalist in the2004,2006 European Badminton Championships and2012 European Badminton Championships. She won the Velo Dutch International twice, in 2001 beatingMia Audina 9–11, 11–1, 13–10 and in 2012 beating MalaysianSonia Su Ya Cheah 19–21, 21–9, 21–12 in the final. She also won theItalian International in 2011 beating BulgarianPetya Nedelcheva in the final 21–11, 21–17 and won theFinnish International Open in 2012 beating CanadianMichelle Li 22–20, 21–19. Yao Jie was a runner-up toZhang Ning at theChina Open in2006, runner-up toJuliane Schenk of Germany at the2010 Dutch Open, runner-up toLi Xuerui of China at the 2011Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold and runner-up toJuliane Schenk at the 2012Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold.

Her performances at2004 Olympic Games and at recentBWF World Championships have not been among her strongest. She was eliminated in the round of 16 at the Athens Games byHong Kong'sWang Chen and has proceeded no farther than that round in any of her World Championship appearances. A big disappointment was her non-participation at the2008 Olympic Games in her native China, despite being qualified by the international norm, but not by the stricter Dutch qualifying norm. In January 2009 Yao Jie married Dutch playerEric Pang.

In March 2011 Yao Jie was part of the Dutch Fource team, together with Dutch top playersDicky Palyama,Judith Meulendijks andEric Pang. This team was formed as a result of a conflict with theNederlandse Badminton Bond sponsored by Yonex, and these four players were non Yonex sponsored players, Yao Jie playing for sponsor Carlton. The conflict heightened in 2011 when these four non Yonex sponsored players were not included in the National squad to play the European Team Championships in Amsterdam. Despite all these juridical sponsor wranglings, Yao Jie managed to qualify for theLondon Olympics. At the2012 Olympic Games in theWomen's Singles Yao Jie won Group F by beatingAkvilė Stapušaitytė of Lithuania 21–16, 21–7 andRagna Ingólfsdóttir of Iceland 21–12, 25–23. After the group stage, in the knock-out stage round of 16 Yao Jie lost toSaina Nehwal of India 14–21, 16–21. Saina later progressed to win India's first Olympic badminton medal, a bronze.

Nowadays Yao Jie has her own Badminton Academy at her hometownWuhan in China and is ambassador for Dutch Badminton in sports and cultural exchanges between the Netherlands and China.

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park,Yiyang, China	Zhang Ning	Walkover	Bronze

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Baltiska hallen,Malmö, Sweden	Mia Audina	8–6, 7–3, 7–1	Gold
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center,Geneva, Switzerland	Pi Hongyan	4–11, 6–11	Bronze
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events,Den Bosch, Netherlands	Xu Huaiwen	Walkover	Bronze
2012	Telenor Arena,Karlskrona, Sweden	Juliane Schenk	13–21, 10–21	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Liu Lu	Qiang Hong Wang Li	17–16, 7–15, 15–7	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Yang Bing	Zhang Wei Qiang Hong	8–15, 6–15	Silver

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, theGrand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Brunei Open	Zeng Yaqiong	11–5, 12–10	Winner
1996	German Open	Margit Borg	11–1, 11–0	Winner
1998	Dutch Open	Zhou Mi	13–10, 11–13, 4–11	Runner-up
2001	Dutch Open	Mia Audina	5–7, 7–1, 5–7, 5–7	Runner-up
2002	German Open	Pi Hongyan	11–4, 9–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2003	Dutch Open	Dai Yun	13–10, 3–0 Retired	Winner
2004	Thailand Open	Jun Jae-youn	11–8, 2–11, 11–6	Winner
2004	Dutch Open	Pi Hongyan	5–11, 4–11	Runner-up
2004	Denmark Open	Xie Xingfang	9–11, 11–8, 7–11	Runner-up
2005	Thailand Open	Xu Huaiwen	11–6, 11–7	Winner
2005	Dutch Open	Xu Huaiwen	7–11, 2–11	Runner-up
2006	China Open	Zhang Ning	14–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2008	Dutch Open	Linda Zetchiri	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2009	Dutch Open	Judith Meulendijks	21–11, 21–12	Winner
2010	Dutch Open	Juliane Schenk	13–21, 21–14, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Dutch Open	P. V. Sindhu	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2011	Bitburger Open	Li Xuerui	8–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2012	Bitburger Open	Juliane Schenk	10–21, 21–15, 23–25	Runner-up

 BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

 IBF/BWF Grand Prix tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Dutch International	Mia Audina	9–11, 11–1, 13–10	Winner
2009	Belgian International	Misaki Matsutomo	21–14, 14–21, 21–16	Winner
2011	Italian International	Petya Nedelcheva	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2012	Finnish Open	Michelle Li	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2012	Dutch International	Soniia Cheah	19–21, 21–9, 21–12	Winner

 BWF International Challenge tournament

  IBF International tournament

Includes results from all competitions against Super Series finalists, World Championship semifinalists, Olympic quarterfinalists, and all Olympic opponents.^[4]

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