Karen Bing

Karen Bing Huang (born c. 1981) is an Irish badminton player of Chinese origin.

Karen Bing Huang
Personal information
Country	Ireland
Born	1981 (age 42–43) Shenyang, Liaoning, China
BWF profile

Biography

Originally from Shenyang in north eastern China, Bing arrived in Ireland to learn English when she was nineteen. Within six months of her arrival her skill with badminton had her selected to train with the Irish team. She works as a physical therapist and is an Irish resident who never played for China.^[1]

Bing won all three possible titles at the national championships in Ireland in 2002. She took two more title wins in 2005. In 2007 she won the Welsh International and the Irish Open, and in 2007 the Slovak International.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Achievements

IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Latvia International	Chloe Magee	Helen Reino Piret Hamer	–, –	Runner-up
2006	Cyprus International	Chloe Magee	Weny Rahmawati Élodie Eymard	16–21, 21–16, 14–21	Runner-up
2006	Norwegian International	Chloe Magee	Imogen Bankier Emma Mason	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2007	North Shore City International	Chloe Magee	Catherine Moody Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung	21–15, 16–21, 21–15	Winner
2007	Welsh International	Chloe Magee	Sarah Walker Samantha Ward	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2007	Irish International	Chloe Magee	Mesinee Mangkalakiri Eva Lee	21–15, 9–21, 21–11	Winner
2008	Slovak Open	Chloe Magee	Anna Narel Natalia Pocztowiak	21–8, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	New Zealand International	Donal O'Halloran	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2003	Italian International	Donal O'Halloran	Jesper Hovgaard Karina Sørensen	11–15, 15–3, 11–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

Sources

1. "PASSPORT TO GLORY: Chance meeting sees Bing make her mark". independent.
2. "BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
3. "Irish ladies pair win New Zealand title". 22 July 2007.
4. "Irish Success for Badminton Ladies". Sport Ireland.
5. "Badminton Ireland". www.badmintonireland.com.
6. "Chloe and Sam Magee take Irish Open mixed doubles crown". 17 November 2018.
7. "Main Topics". Irish Examiner.