Yao Fen (Chinese: 姚芬; born January 2, 1967) is a Chinese former international level women's badminton player.
Career
A doubles specialist, Yao won a number of top tier events on the world circuit in the early 1990s. Her earliest international success came in partnership with Lai Caiqin with whom she captured women's doubles' titles at the Japan and Thailand Opens and the Badminton World Cup in 1990. In her most successful season, 1992, she paired with Lin Yanfen to win the China and Swedish Opens, the Badminton World Cup, the World Badminton Grand Prix, and the prestigious All-England Championships. Yao and Lin were bronze medalists at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and played doubles for China's world champion 1992 Uber Cup (women's international) team. In 1993 they won the French Open women's doubles and were runners-up in defense of their title at the All England Championships.
Achievements
Olympic Games
Women's Doubles
World Cup
Women's Doubles
Asian Games
Women's Doubles
Asian Cup
Women's Doubles
IBF World Grand Prix (10 titles, 4 runners-up)
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
Women's Singles
Women's Doubles
IBF International
Women's doubles
External links
- Yao Fen at databaseOlympics.com
- "Yao Fen". badmintoncn.com (in Chinese). 5 January 2025.
- Yao Fen at BWFBadminton.com
- Yao Fen at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
