Qin Yiyuan

Qin Yiyuan
秦艺源
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1973-02-14) 14 February 1973
Nanning, Guangxi, China
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's & mixed doubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
Summer Olympics
2000 SydneyWomen's doubles
1996 AtlantaWomen's doubles
World Championships
1997 GlasgowWomen's doubles
1999 CopenhagenWomen's doubles
1995 LausanneWomen's doubles
World Cup
1997 YogyakartaWomen's doubles
1996 JakartaWomen's doubles
Sudirman Cup
1997 GlasgowMixed team
Uber Cup
2000 Kuala LumpurWomen's team
1998 Hong KongWomen's team
1996 Hong KongWomen's team
Asian Games
1998 BangkokWomen's team
1998 BangkokWomen's doubles
1998 BangkokMixed doubles
Asian Championships
1998 BangkokWomen's doubles
1995 BeijingWomen's doubles
Asian Cup
1995 QingdaoWomen's doubles
East Asian Games
1993 ShanghaiWomen's team
1993 ShanghaiWomen's doubles
BWF profile

Qin Yiyuan (simplified Chinese: 秦艺源; traditional Chinese: 秦藝源; pinyin: Qín Yìyuán; born 14 February 1973) is a Chinese former world level badminton player. Qin played internationally for China from the mid-1990s through the 2000 Summer Olympics, 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 1996 China Open, 1997 Thailand Open, 1998 Denmark Open with Tang Yongshu, 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 Summer Olympics, 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.