Zhang Jiewen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Jiewen (simplified Chinese: 张洁雯; traditional Chinese: 張潔雯; pinyin: Zhāng Jiéwén; Cantonese Yale: Cheung1 Git3 Man4; born 4 January 1981) is a Chinese former badminton player.^[2]

Zhang Jiewen 张洁雯
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1981-01-04) 4 January 1981 (age 43) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (WD with Yang Wei October 2003[1])
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2004 Athens Women's doubles World Championships 2005 Anaheim Women's doubles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 2001 Seville Women's doubles 2006 Madrid Women's doubles World Cup 2005 Yiyang Women's doubles 2006 Yiyang Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2005 Beijing Mixed team 2007 Glasgow Mixed team 2003 Eindhoven Mixed team Uber Cup 2002 Guangzhou Women's team 2004 Jakarta Women's team 2006 Sendai & Tokyo Women's team 2008 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 2002 Busan Women's team 2006 Doha Women's team 2006 Doha Women's doubles 2002 Busan Mixed doubles Asian Championships 2002 Bangkok Women's doubles 2008 Johor Bahru Women's doubles 2009 Suwon Women's doubles World Junior Championships 1998 Melbourne Girls' doubles Asian Junior Championships 1999 Yangon Girls' team 1999 Yangon Girls' doubles 1999 Yangon Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

One of China's most successful women's doubles specialists, Zhang has won some thirty international titles, the vast majority of them in partnership with Yang Wei, during the first decade of the 21st century. They have shared world dominance almost equally with their compatriot adversaries Gao Ling and Huang Sui. One or the other pair has captured all of the BWF World Championships held since 2000, with Zhang and Yang winning in both 2005 and 2007 by defeating Gao and Huang in the finals. Zhang and Yang also emerged victorious at the 2004 Olympics in Athens by besting their rivals in a closely contested gold medal match.^[3] Conversely, Gao and Huang had the upper hand in three finals (2003), 2004, 2006) at the venerable All-England Championships. This tourney has been something of an anomaly for Zhang as she has reached the women's doubles final there six times (four with Yang and twice, earlier, with Wei Yili) without winning.

In 2008 Zhang helped China secure its sixth consecutive Uber Cup (women's world team championship), and won the Swiss, Thailand, and Malaysia Open women's doubles titles with Yang. At the Beijing Olympics where they were top seeded, however, Zhang and Yang were upset in the quarterfinals by Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna. The event was eventually won by another, younger Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang, perhaps marking a changing of the guard in the Chinese dynasty.

Zhang Jiewen decided to quit competitive badminton after the 2008 Summer Olympics, when she married former Malaysian men's badminton doubles star Choong Tan Fook, with whom she has two children.^[4] She is currently coaching in a badminton facility in Guangzhou.^[5] Zhang Jiewen received an award during a ceremony to mark her retirement with five other teammates from the Chinese national badminton team on the sidelines of the China Open badminton event in Shanghai, November 23, 2008. ^[6]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	7–15, 15–4, 15–8	Gold

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Wei Yili	Gao Ling Huang Sui	11–15, 15–17	Silver
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	17–16, 15–7	Gold
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Yang Wei	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	14–21, 19–21	Bronze
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–16, 21–19	Gold

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Yang Wei	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	21–18, 21–15	Gold
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	19–21, 6–21	Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–18, 21–23, 14–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Chen Qiqiu	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	6–11, 0–11	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	11–8, 11–6	Gold
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Yang Wei	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	22–20, 21–16	Gold
2009	Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Yang Wei	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	16–21, 20–22	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Xie Xingfang	Hua Sui Gong Ruina	3–15, 15–13, 15–10	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Xie Xingfang	Li Yujia Wei Yili	15–9, 15–6	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Xie Zhongbo	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Enny Erlangga	14–17, 12–15	Bronze

BWF Superseries (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[8] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Korea Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–12, 14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2007	All England Open	Yang Wei	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	16–21, 21–8, 22–24	Runner-up
2007	Japan Open	Yang Wei	Yu Yang Zhao Tingting	21–17, 21–5	Winner
2007	Denmark Open	Yang Wei	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	12–21, 21–19, 21–19	Winner
2008	Malaysia Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Zhao Tingting	21–13, 16–21, 24–22	Winner
2008	Swiss Open	Yang Wei	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	21–18, 22–24, 21–8	Winner
2009	Malaysia Open	Yang Wei	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (25 titles, 14 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Denmark Open	Wei Yili	Chen Lin Jiang Xuelian	7–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2001	All England Open	Wei Yili	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–10, 8–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2001	Singapore Open	Wei Yili	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	8–6, 7–3, 7–4	Winner
2001	China Open	Wei Yili	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	8–6, 7–3, 6–8, 8–7	Winner
2003	All England Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	9–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2003	Swiss Open	Yang Wei	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	11–7, 6–11, 11–4	Winner
2003	Singapore Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	17–16, 15–7	Winner
2003	Indonesia Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Walkover	Runner-up
2003	Malaysia Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–5, 1–15, 17–15	Winner
2003	Denmark Open	Yang Wei	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	15–2, 15–1	Winner
2003	German Open	Yang Wei	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	6–15, 17–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2003	Hong Kong Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	14–17, 5–15	Runner-up
2003	China Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	8–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2004	Swiss Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Walkover	Runner-up
2004	All England Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Walkover	Runner-up
2004	Korea Open	Yang Wei	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	15–8, 9–15, 15–6	Winner
2004	Malaysia Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–7, 15–6	Winner
2004	China Open	Yang Wei	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	15–14, 15–12	Winner
2004	Singapore Open	Yang Wei	Sathinee Chankrachangwong Saralee Thungthongkam	15–5, 9–15, 15–11	Winner
2004	Indonesia Open	Yang Wei	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	15–10, 15–5	Winner
2005	Japan Open	Yang Wei	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	15–12, 15–2	Winner
2005	Malaysia Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–6, 15–8	Winner
2005	Hong Kong Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–13, 8–15, 15–6	Winner
2005	China Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–10, 15–4	Winner
2006	German Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	3–15, 15–11, 15–10	Winner
2006	All England Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–6, 11–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2006	Indonesia Open	Yang Wei	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2006	Singapore Open	Yang Wei	Zhang Dan Zhao Tingting	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2006	Korea Open	Yang Wei	Jo Novita Greysia Polii	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2006	Hong Kong Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–19, 15–21, 21–19	Winner
2006	China Open	Yang Wei	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	21–17, 21–7	Winner
2007	German Open	Yang Wei	Du Jing Yu Yang	21–8, 21–7	Winner
2007	Bitburger Open	Yang Wei	Natalie Munt Joanne Nicholas	21–11, 21–10	Winner
2008	Thailand Open	Yang Wei	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	15–21, 21–13, 21–13	Winner
2009	Thailand Open	Yang Wei	Gao Ling Wei Yili	22–24, 21–17, 21–15	Winner
2009	Macau Open	Yang Wei	Du Jing Yu Yang	16–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2009	Chinese Taipei Open	Yang Wei	Vita Marissa Mona Santoso	21–14, 21–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Malaysia Open	Liu Yong	Bambang Suprianto Emma Ermawati	8–7, 8–6, 2–7, 2–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2003	Singapore Open	Zheng Bo	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	5–15, 9–15	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International (1 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	French International	Wei Yili	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	7–1, 7–2, 5–7, 5–7, 2–7	Runner-up

References

1. "国际羽联最新世界排名 杨维张洁雯升至女双首席". sports.sohu.com (in Chinese). 10 October 2003. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
2. "搭档一年收获金牌 杨维、张洁雯场内场外都默契". www.southcn.com (in Chinese). 21 August 2004. Archived from the original on 25 September 2004. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
3. Efharis Skarveli; Isabel Zervos (2005). Official report of the XXVIII Olympiad : Athens 2004. Athens: Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. ISBN 960-88101-6-7.
4. "Badminton: Tan Fook hopes to fulfil dream by producing world and Olympic champs | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
5. Rajes Paul (15 January 2008). "Badminton: Tan Fook to wed Chinese doubles star after Olympics". Retrieved 17 January 2007.
6. "Veteran badminton champions retire". china.org.cn.
7. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
8. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Zhang Jiewen at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Zhang Jiewen at BWFBadminton.com
• Zhang Jiewen at Olympics.com
• Zhang Jiewen at Olympic.org (archived)
• Zhang Jiewen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)