Xing Aiying

Xing Aiying
Personal information
Birth name	邢爱英
Country	Singapore
Born	2 August 1989 Jiangsu, China
Residence	Singapore City, Singapore
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's Singles
Highest ranking	31 (8 October 2009)
Current ranking	41 (21 February 2013)
Medal record Women's badminton Competitor for  Singapore Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team Southeast Asian Games 2007 Thailand Women's team 2009 Laos Women's team 2011 Indonesia Women's team World Junior Championships 2007 Auckland Mixed team
BWF profile

Xing Aiying (simplified Chinese: 邢爱英; traditional Chinese: 邢愛英; pinyin: Xìng Àiyīng; born August 2, 1989 in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player.^[1] Xing qualified for the women's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after she was ranked thirty-sixth in the world, and awarded an entry as one of the top 38 seeded players by the Badminton World Federation.^[2] She lost the first preliminary round match to Belarus' Olga Konon, with a score of 19–21 and 12–21.^[3][4][5]

Career achievements

• 2013^[6]
  • Singapore National Championships WS Champion.
  • USA Open GPG WS Quarter-final.
• 2012
  • Singapore National Championships WS Runner-up.
  • Malaysia Open GPG WS Semi-final.
  • Singapore Open SS WS Semi-final.
  • Singapore International Series WS Champion.
• 2011
  • SEA Games Women's Team Bronze Medal.
  • Singapore International Series WS Champion.
• 2010
  • Commonwealth Games Mixed Team Semi-final.
• 2009
  • SEA Games Women's Team Bronze Medal.
  • Malaysia GPG Quarter-final.
• 2008
  • Vietnam Open WS Runner-up.
  • Qualified of Olympic Games WS.
  • Thailand Open GPG Semi-final.
• 2007
  • Cheers Badminton Nationals WS Champion.
  • World Junior Mixed Team Bronze Medal.
  • SEA Games Women's Team Silver Medal.
• 2006
  • New Zealand Open WS Runner-up.
  • Uber Cup(Finals) Quarter-Final.
  • Asian Games Women's Team Bronze Medal. WS Quarter-final.
• 2005
  • Ballarat International Woman's Double Champion. WS Runner-up.
  • Cheers Asian Satellite WS Runner-up.
  • Bitburger Open WS Runner-up.
• 2004
  • USA Open WS Champion.
  • Croatian International Woman's Double Runner-up.

References

1. "Xing Aiying". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
2. Singh, Patwant (1 August 2008). "Olympics: Shuttler Susilo confident of 1st-round tie with Malaysia's Lee". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
3. "Women's Singles Round of 64". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
4. "Germany's Schenk squanders match point in opening badminton". Xinhua News Agency (China Daily). 10 August 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
5. "Chinese badminton golden couple enjoy wins at Olympics". Xinhua News Agency (SINA Online). 11 August 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
6. http://www.helio.sg/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=13

External links

• Profile – Team Singapore
• NBC Olympics Profile