Li Yinhui

Li Yinhui
李茵晖
Li at German Open 2019
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 27)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
RetiredJanuary 2022[1]
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking5 (WD with Du Yue 17 March 2020)
3 (XD with Zhang Nan 24 August 2017)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Nanjing Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Asia Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wuhan Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asian Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Alor Setar Women's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Lima Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lima Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Girls' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Taipei Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Li Yinhui (simplified Chinese: 李茵晖; traditional Chinese: 李茵暉; pinyin: Lǐ Yīnhuī; born 11 March 1997) is a Chinese retired badminton player.[2][3] She won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event partnered with Du Yue.[4] She and Du Yue then made it to the gold medal 2015.[5] Together they won a silver medal at the 2015 BWF World Junior Championships after earning a bronze the previous year. At the 2018 BWF World Championships, Li took a bronze medal in the mixed doubles together with Zhang Nan. [6]

Li Yinhui (lower left corner) in the 2016 French Super Series

Career

Li competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Partnered with Du Yue, she finished in the quarter-finals after defeated by the eventual gold medalist Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia in rubber games.[7]

Li announced her retirement through her social media account. Chinese media reported that the women's doubles pair Li Yinhui and Du Yue world ranking were removed on 25 January 2022.[1] Based on BWF interview, Li has a complication arising out of pneumonia, which, added to a genetic heart ailment, necessitated constant medication.[8]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland China Du Yue Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		11–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China China Zhang Nan China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		21–19, 12–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China China Huang Dongping South Korea Kim Hye-rin
South Korea Yoo Hae-won 		13–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China China Zhang Nan China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping 		21–18, 18–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia China Du Yue China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		11–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna, Lima, Peru China Du Yue China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		18–21, 21–13, 11–21 Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan China Du Yue China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		11–21, 18–21 Silver Silver
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand China Du Yue China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		21–14, 18–21, 21–18 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Lingshui China Masters Super 100 China Du Yue China Huang Dongping
China Li Wenmei 		21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 German Open Super 300 China Du Yue Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi 		22–20, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Malaysia Open Super 750 China Du Yue China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Thailand Open Super 500 China Du Yue Japan Shiho Tanaka
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		19–21, 21–14, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Macau Open Super 300 China Du Yue Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai 		21–16, 10–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Malaysia Masters Super 500 China Du Yue China Li Wenmei
China Zheng Yu 		19–21, 21–16, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 All England Open Super 1000 China Du Yue Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		13–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 China Open Super 1000 China Zhang Nan China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		16–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Superseries (3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[11] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[12] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 China Open China Huang Dongping South Korea Chang Ye-na
South Korea Lee So-hee 		21–13, 14–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Hong Kong Open China Huang Dongping Denmark Christinna Pedersen
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl 		19–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 China Open China Zhang Nan Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad
Indonesia Liliyana Natsir 		13–21, 22–20, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Thailand Open China Huang Dongping South Korea Chang Ye-na
South Korea Lee So-hee 		20–22, 21–11, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 German Open China Huang Dongping Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		21–15, 17–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Malaysia Masters China Zheng Siwei Malaysia Tan Kian Meng
Malaysia Lai Pei Jing 		21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 New Zealand Open China Zheng Siwei Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Goh Liu Ying 		19–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Macau Open China Zhang Nan Hong Kong Tang Chun Man
Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet 		21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Thailand Masters China Zhang Nan Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		21–11, 20–22, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 German Open China Zhang Nan China Lu Kai
China Huang Yaqiong 		22–20, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

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