Yao Jie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yao Jie
Occupation	Badminton Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 10, 1977(1977-04-10)
Age	47
Birthplace	Wuhan
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Horoscope	Aries

Yao Jie Biography

Yao Jie is one of the most popular and richest Badminton Player who was born on April 10, 1977 in Wuhan, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Yao Jie, simplified Chinese: Yao Jie; traditional Chinese: Yao Jie; pinyin : Yao Jie; born 10 April 1977), is a Chinese-born badminton player currently residing in the Netherlands.

There are two levels to the BWF Grand Prix: Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix Grand Prix. Since 2007, it is a series badminton tournaments that are sanctioned annually by the Badminton Federation (BWF). Since 1983, the World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned and administered by International Badminton Federation.

She has not had the best performances at the 2004 Olympic Games or at recent BWF World Championships. Athens Games, Wang Chen from Hong Kong eliminated her in round 16. She has never advanced beyond that stage in any of her World Championship appearances. Her inability to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games in China was a major disappointment. She was qualified under the international norm but not the stricter Dutch qualification norm. Eric Pang, a Dutch player, was married to Yao Jie in January 2009.

Yao Jie Net Worth

Yao Jie is one of the richest Badminton Player from Kingdom of the Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yao Jie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yao is one among many badminton players that have fled China. This is partly due to the difficulty for Chinese badminton players to be selected for international competitions. She won the 1994 BWF World Junior Championships in girls’ doubles with Liu Lu at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. In 1997, she helped the Chinese women’s national team win a gold medal at East Asian Games. Her passion was the ladies singles.

Yao Jie won the Dutch Open women’s singles four times (2003, 2008 and 2009), the Thailand Open twice (2004 and 2005), the biennial European Championships once (2002), and 11 Dutch National Championships. The Dutch singles crown was won nine times and doubles twice twice. She was also a three-time European bronze medalist at the 2006 European Badminton Championships as well as the 2012 European Badminton Championships. In 2001, she beat Mia Audina 9-11. 13-10. In 2012, she defeated Malaysian Sonia Su Ya Cheah 19-21. 21-9. 21-12 in final. In 2011, she won the Italian International, beating Petya Nedecheva from Bulgaria 21-11, 21-17. She won the Finnish International Open 2012, beating Michelle Li 22-20 and 21-19. Yao Jie finished second to Zhang Ning in the China Open 2006, runner up to Juliane Scheenk of Germany at 2010 Dutch Open, runner up to Li Xuerui from China at 2011 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold, and runnerup to Juliane Schuenk at 2012 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold.

In March 2011 Yao Jie was part of the Dutch Fource team, together with Dutch top players Dicky Palyama, Judith Meulendijks and Eric Pang. This team was formed as a result of a conflict with the Nederlandse 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 the London Olympics. At the 2012 Olympic Games in the Women’s Singles Yao Jie won Group F by beating Akvilė Stapušaitytė of Lithuania 21-16, 21-7 and Ragna Ingólfsdóttir of Iceland 21-12, 25-23. After the group stage, in the knock-out stage round of 16 Yao Jie lost to Saina Nehwal of India 14-21, 16-21. Saina later progressed to win India’s first Olympic badminton medal, a bronze.

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Who is Yao Jie Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Yao Ranked on the list of most popular Badminton Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Yao Jie celebrates birthday on April 10 of every year.

Top Facts about Yao Jie

1. Yao Jie is a retired Chinese-born Dutch badminton player.
2. She was born on February 15, 1977 in China.
3. Yao Jie won the Dutch National Badminton Championships six times.
4. She represented the Netherlands at three Olympic Games (2004, 2008, and 2012).
5. Yao Jie won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in women’s singles.
6. She also won a silver medal at the 2010 World Championships in women’s singles.
7. Yao Jie reached her highest world ranking of No. 4 in August 2010.
8. She retired from professional badminton in September 2012.
9. After retiring, she became a coach and commentator for badminton events.
10. Yao Jie was known for her strong backhand and tactical play on court.