Career
A doubles specialist, Qin played internationally for China from the mid-1990s through the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, a period during which her fellow countrywomen Ge Fei and Gu Jun dominated international women's doubles play. Qin won women's doubles at the 1997 Thailand Open with Tang Yongshu, at the 1998 Denmark Open with Tang Hetian, and at the 1999 Thailand, French, and Denmark Opens, and 2000 Swiss Open with Gao Ling. She was a bronze medalist at the 1995 IBF World Championships and a silver medalist at the 1997 IBF World Championships with Tang Yongshu. She earned a bronze medal again at the 1999 edition of the tourney with Gao Ling. Qin also earned bronze medals for women's doubles at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, the first with Tang Yongshu and the second with Gao. She was a member of Chinese teams which captured the Uber Cup (women's world team competition and trophy) in 1998 and 2000.
- profile
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Qin, Yiyuan |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | Badminton player |
| Date of birth | February 14, 1973 |
| Place of birth | |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
| This article about a Chinese Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Read more about this topic: Qin Yiyuan
Famous quotes containing the word career:
“I seemed intent on making it as difficult for myself as possible to pursue my “male” career goal. I not only procrastinated endlessly, submitting my medical school application at the very last minute, but continued to crave a conventional female role even as I moved ahead with my “male” pursuits.”
—Margaret S. Mahler (1897–1985)
“Work-family conflicts—the trade-offs of your money or your life, your job or your child—would not be forced upon women with such sanguine disregard if men experienced the same career stalls caused by the-buck-stops-here responsibility for children.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)
“I’ve been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)