Zhou Lei
周雷

Personal information
Born	(1970-01-25)25 January 1970 (age 56)
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Medal record Women'sBadminton Representing China World Championships 1993 Birmingham Women's doubles 1989 Jakarta Women's doubles World Cup 1989 Guangzhou Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1989 Jakarta Mixed team 1993 Birmingham Mixed team Uber Cup 1990 Tokyo Women's team Asian Games 1990 Beijing Women's team Asian Championships 1992 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles

Zhou Lei (Chinese:周雷) is a former world levelbadminton player fromChina who later coached in the United States.

Primarily a doubles specialist, Zhou's biggest badminton achievement was winning women's doubles at the1993 IBF World Championships inBirmingham, England with compatriotNong Qunhua. Zhou also shared women's doubles titles at theFrench (1989),Swedish (1990),Thailand (1992), andHong Kong (1992) Opens. In 1989 she was a runner-up at the prestigiousAll-England Championships and a bronze medalist at theIBF World Championships withSun Xiaoqing. Zhou was a women's singles runner-up toTang Jiuhong at theDenmark Open in 1990. She was a member of the world championChineseUber Cup (women's international) teams of1990 and1992. After retiring, she first went to coach in Peru.^[1] Now, she currently coaches in the US at Z Badminton Training Center in Union City, where she is also the founder and owner of the club until it was closed.^[2]

Women's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Istora Senayan,Jakarta,Indonesia	Sun Xiaoqing	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	15–13, 1–15, 4–15	Bronze
1993	National Indoor Arena,Birmingham,England	Nong Qunhua	Chen Ying Wu Yuhong	15–5, 15–10	Gold

Women's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Guangzhou Gymnasium,Guangzhou, China	Sun Xiaoqing	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	7–15, 4–15	Bronze

Women's Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Cheras Indoor Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Ye Zhaoying	10–12, 2–11	Silver

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	French Open	Li Lingwei	5–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1989	Hong Kong Open	Han Aiping	12–11, 7–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1989	China Open	Tang Jiuhong	1–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1990	Japan Open	Huang Hua	6–11, 0–11	Runner-up
1990	Swedish Open	Huang Hua	5–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1990	Denmark Open	Tang Jiuhong	3–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1991	Korea Open	Huang Hua	2–11, 10–12	Runner-up
1991	Singapore Open	Huang Hua	5–11, 11–7, 2–11	Runner-up

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Thailand Open	Luo Yun	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	15–6, 5–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1988	China Open	Sun Xiaoqing	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	8–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1989	All England Open	Sun Xiaoqing	Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young	7–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1989	French Open	Sun Xiaoqing	Chiu Mei Yin Li Lingwei	15–9, 15–10	Winner
1989	China Open	Sun Xiaoqing	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	15–12, 5–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1990	Swedish Open	Huang Hua	Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel	3–15, 18–15, 15–12	Winner
1992	Hong Kong Open	Nong Qunhua	Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean	15–8, 15–6	Winner
1992	Thailand Open	Nong Qunhua	Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean	15–4, 12–15, 15–8	Winner
1993	French Open	Nong Qunhua	Lin Yanfen Yao Fen	10–15, 15–17	Runner-Up

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Konica Cup	Shi Wen	Huang Hua Tang Jiuhong	15–10, 15–12	Winner

• Profile
• Zhou Lei atBWFBadminton.com
• Zhou Lei atBWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)

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