Jiang Yanjiao is a female badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player from the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

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Career

A winner of both the BWF World Junior Championships

BWF World Junior Championships

The BWF World Junior Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation to crown the best junior badminton players in the world....

 (2002) and the Asian Junior Championships

Asian Junior Badminton Championships

The Asian Junior Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia Confederation to crown the best junior badminton players in Asia.-Previous winners:-Team competition:...

 (2004), Jiang has since emerged as one of the world's leading women's singles players. She won the Chinese national title

Chinese National Badminton Championships

The Chinese National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in China.-Past winners: Chinese National Games...

 in 2005, the Denmark Open in 2006, the Asian Championships

Badminton Asia Championships

The Badminton Asia Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia Confederation to crown the best badminton players in Asia....

 in both 2007 and 2008, and the China Open

China Open (badminton)

The China Open is an annual badminton tournament held in People's Republic of China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:...

 in 2008. Jiang played singles for China's world champion

China national badminton team

The China national badminton team represents the People's Republic of China in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Badminton Association of the People's Republic of China, the governing body for badminton in China....

 Uber Cup

Uber Cup

The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...

 (women's international) teams of 2006 and 2008

Uber Cup

The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...

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As one of several Chinese women's singles players who rate among the world's best, Jiang has been excluded from some international competitions which set a maximum number of participants from any one country. For example, at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

China at the 2008 Summer Olympics

China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics.China was represented by the Chinese Olympic Committee , and the team of selected athletes were officially known as Team China....

 neither Jiang nor reigning world champion Zhu Lin

Zhu Lin

Zhu Lin is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:One of international badminton's leading singles players Zhu Lin's titles include the Thailand , Indonesia , and Malaysia Opens, and, most notably, the 2007 BWF World Championship in Kuala Lumpur. She is a member of...

 were entered in a women's singles event which limited the strongest badminton nations to three competitors.

Record Against Selected Opponents

Petya Nedeltcheva 4-0 Charmaine Reid

Charmaine Reid

Charmaine Reid is a female badminton player from Canada. Her home is in Calgary, Alberta....

 1-0 Xie Xingfang

Xie Xingfang

Xie Xingfang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China who has twice won women's singles at the BWF World Championships....

 2-3 Lu Lan

Lu Lan

Lu Lan is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:In 2004 she won the Polish Open. In 2006 she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking....

 5-3 Zhu Lin

Zhu Lin

Zhu Lin is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:One of international badminton's leading singles players Zhu Lin's titles include the Thailand , Indonesia , and Malaysia Opens, and, most notably, the 2007 BWF World Championship in Kuala Lumpur. She is a member of...

 2-2 Zhang Ning

Zhang Ning

Zhang Ning is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. She won the Olympic gold medal twice for women's singles in both 2004 and 2008...

 0-3 Wang Lin

Wang Lin (badminton)

Wang Lin is a badminton player from China. Wang Lin was crowned the world champion after winning the gold medal at the 2010 BWF World Championships held at Paris defeating fellow Chinese Wang Xin 21-19, 19-21, 21-13....

 3-1 Wang Yihan

Wang Yihan

Wang Yihan is a professional female badminton player from China and the reigning women's singles world champion. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was selected for the junior team in 2004, and after being promoted to the senior team in 2006 she...

 4-6 Wang Xin

Wang Xin (badminton)

Wang Xin is a female badminton player from China and former World No 1 women's singles player.-Individual titles :-External links:*...

 3-3 Wang Shixian

Wang Shixian

Wang Shixian is a female badminton player from China, and currently the World's top ranked women's singles player.- Career :Wang Shixian was admitted into Chinese Junior National Team in 2005 and was soon promoted to the second-level adult team a year later...

 4-3 Li Xuerui

Li Xuerui

Li Xuerui is a female badminton player from China.-Individual titles :-External links:*...

 0-1 Liu Xin 2-0 Cheng Shao-chieh

Cheng Shao-Chieh

Cheng Shao-Chieh is a female badminton player from Republic of China.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...

 1-0 Tai Tzu-ying

Tai Tzu-ying

Tai Tzu-ying is a female badminton player from Taiwan.In 2011, she won the title of Taiwanese ranking competition when she was only 16 years and 6 months old, being the youngest No.1 in Taiwan badminton history...

 1-0 Tine Baun 0-2 Anu Nieminen

Anu Nieminen

Anu Nieminen is a female badminton player from Finland.Weckström played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Kaori Mori of Japan in the round of 32....

 1-1 Pi Hongyan

Pi Hongyan

Pi Hongyan is a female badminton player from France.- Career :Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the intense competition to gain positions on its national team, and because of the elite status within the sport...

 3-1 Juliane Schenk

Juliane Schenk

Juliane Schenk is a female badminton player from Germany.-Career:In 2001 she won the European Junior Championships in women's singles...

 2-3 Zhou Mi

Zhou Mi

Zhou Mi is a Chinese female badminton player. During much of her career she represented the People's Republic of China, but since 2007 she has represented Hong Kong which has a sports program and teams independent from those of the mainland. In 2010 she received a 2 year ban, for failing a drugs...

 0-3 Wang Chen 5-3 Yip Pui Yin 4-0 Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal is an Indian Khel Ratna badminton player currently ranked 4 in the world by Badminton World Federation. Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships...

 3-0 Maria Kristin Yulianti

Maria Kristin Yulianti

Maria Kristin Yulianti is a women's singles badminton player from Indonesia. She is one of the most successful female Indonesian badminton players, along with Susi Susanti and Mia Audina.- 2005 :...

 1-0 Maria Febe Kusumastuti

Maria Febe Kusumastuti

Maria Febe Kusumastuti is a female badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:In 2008 she won women's singles at the Bitburger Open...

 1-0 Eriko Hirose

Eriko Hirose

Eriko Hirose is a female badminton player from Japan. She is currently ranked thirteenth in the world as a singles player as of June 2011.She competed at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim...

 3-0 Ai Goto 3-0 Hwang Hye-youn 3-0 Bae Seung-hee 1-0 Bae Youn-joo

Bae Youn-joo

Bae Youn-joo is an internationally elite badminton player from South Korea.Bae first gained international attention in 2006 when she reached the semifinals in the women's singles and won the gold medal as a member of the South Korean mixed team at the BWF World Junior Championships.Bae joined the...

 2-0 Sung Ji-hyun 1-1 Wong Mew Choo 3-1 Mia Audina

Mia Audina

Mia Audina Tjiptawan ; born 22 August 1979) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who represented Indonesia and later the Netherlands in international competitions. A badminton prodigy, Audina first played Uber Cup for Indonesia at fourteen, winning the decisive final match in the...

 0-2 Yao Jie 9-0 Ella Diehl 3-0 Jeanine Cicognini

Jeanine Cicognini

Jeanine Cicognini is a badminton player.She became a badminton professional as soon as she left school....

 1-0 Salakjit Ponsana 7-0 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk

Porntip Buranaprasertsuk

Porntip Buranaprasertsuk is a female badminton player from Thailand.-Achievement:Porntip won her first career Super Series title by winning the 2011 India Super Series on May 1, 2011, becoming the first Thai to win a Super Series tournament.-External links: from Badminton World Federation website...

 1-0 Inthanon Ratchanok 2-0

External links

• BWF Player Profile