Liu Yutong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Yutong (born 5 March 2004) is a Chinese para badminton player.^[1] She won gold in para-badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's singles WH2 event. She also won silver in the 2020 Olympic women's doubles WH1–WH2 event before snatching gold in 2024 with her partner Yin Menglu.^[2]

Liu Yutong 刘禹彤
Liu at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(2004-03-05) 5 March 2004 (age 20) Cangzhou, Hebei, China
Coach	Qu Fuchun
Women's singles WH2 Women's doubles WH1–WH2 Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking	1 (WS 1 January 2019) 1 (WD with Yin Menglu 18 July 2022) 3 (XD with Qu Zimo 6 April 2019)
Current ranking	3 (WS) 2 (WD with Yin Menglu) 4 (XD with Qu Zimo) (1 November 2022)
Medal record Para-badminton Representing  China Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Women's singles 2024 Paris Women's singles 2024 Paris Women's doubles 2020 Tokyo Women's doubles World Championships 2017 Ulsan Women's singles 2019 Basel Women's singles 2019 Basel Women's doubles 2024 Pattaya Women's singles 2024 Pattaya Women's doubles 2024 Pattaya Mixed doubles 2017 Ulsan Women's doubles Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Women's singles 2018 Jakarta Mixed doubles 2022 Hangzhou Women's singles 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles 2018 Jakarta Women's doubles Asian Championships 2016 Beijing Women's singles Asian Youth Para Games 2017 Dubai Women's singles

Personal life

Liu was born in Cangzhou. In 2009, Liu was involved in a traffic accident which caused her to lose both of her legs. In 2016, she was drafted to the Chinese national wheelchair badminton team.

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Women's singles WH2

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Xu Tingting	21–15, 21–15	Gold
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Li Hongyan	21–15, 21–13	Gold

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Yin Menglu	Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki	21–16, 16–21, 13–21	Silver
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Yin Menglu	Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki	21–17, 21–19	Gold

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Xu Tingting	21–8, 21–11	Gold
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Li Hongyan	21–12, 21–11	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Pilar Jáuregui	21–8, 21–4	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Zhang Jing	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	7–21, 12–21	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Yin Menglu	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	21–11, 21–15	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Yin Menglu	Fan Chaoyue Li Hongyan	21–14, 21–10	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Qu Zimo	Yang Tong Li Hongyan	21–12, 21–12	Gold

Asian Para Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Xu Tingting	22–20, 21–16	Gold
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Li Hongyan	21–8, 21–10	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Zhang Jing	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	15–21, 22–24	Bronze
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Yin Menglu	Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki	Round robin	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Qu Zimo	Mai Jianpeng Li Hongyan	14–21, 21–18, 21–18	Gold
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Qu Zimo	Yang Tong Li Hongyan	21–7, 21–12	Gold

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Amnouy Wetwithan	21–16, 21–11	Gold

Asian Youth Para Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017[lower-alpha 1]	Al Wasl Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Yang Fan	21–14, 21–10	Gold
		Jung Gyeo-ul	21–4, 21–5
		Li Hongyan	21–10, 21–9

International Tournaments (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Xu Tingting	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Li Hongyan	21–5, 21–10	Winner
2019[lower-alpha 1]	China Para Badminton International	Xu Tingting	21–16, 21–11	Winner
		Marcela Quinteros	21–6, 21–5
		Li Hongyan	21–11, 21–8
		Amnouy Wetwithan	21–10, 21–5
2019	Japan Para Badminton International	Xu Tingting	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Xu Tingting	21–16, 21–15	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Yin Menglu	Xu Tingting Zhang Jing	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Yin Menglu	Emine Seçkin To Man-kei	21–13, 21–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Qu Zimo	Mai Jianpeng Yin Menglu	21–8, 21–12	Winner
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Qu Zimo	Luca Olgiati Karin Suter-Erath	21–5, 21–10	Winner
2019[lower-alpha 1]	China Para Badminton International	Qu Zimo	Zhao Xin Zhang Jing	21–11, 21–12	Winner
			Chan Kun-yi To Man-kei	21–8, 21–5
			Yang Tong Li Hongyan	21–15, 21–11
			Rick Cornell Hellmann Valeska Knoblauch	21–10, 21–9

Notes

1. This tournament used a round robin system.

References

1. "Badminton - LIU Yutong". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
2. "LIU Yu Tong". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 September 2024.