Zhang Ailing (badminton)

Zhang Ailing (Chinese: 张爱玲; pinyin: Zhāng Àilíng; born 1957) is a retired badminton player from China.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Ailing
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
World Championships
1978 Bangkok Women's singles
1978 Bangkok Women's doubles
1979 Hangzhou Women's team
1979 Hangzhou Women's doubles
1983 Copenhagen Women's singles
World Games
1981 Santa Clara Women's singles
1981 Santa Clara Women's doubles
World Cup
1983 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles
Uber Cup
1984 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Asian Games
1978 Bangkok Women's team
1978 Bangkok Mixed doubles
1982 New Delhi Women's singles
1982 New Delhi Women's team

Career

In 1978 Zhang won women's singles at the rival "world championship" which was run by the short-lived World Badminton Federation prior to China's entry into the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation). She was the dominant international singles player when China joined the IBF in 1981, winning the multi-sport World Games in 1981, the Asian Games in 1982,[1] and the prestigious All-England Championships in both 1982 and 1983,[2] as well as a host of other significant titles. In the 1983 IBF World Championships, however, she was beaten in the semifinal by Chinese teammate Han Aiping[3] and after this result was unable to regain her previous dominance. Zhang played third singles on China's 1984 Uber Cup (women's international) team which won the team world championship.

Whether because Zhang, by then in her late twenties, could no longer beat her teammates Han and Li Lingwei, or because of her marriage to fellow Chinese player Chen Changjie, she disappeared from international badminton after the 1983-1984 season.

Achievements

World Championships
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1978 Bangkok, Thailand Sirisriro Patama 11–4, 11–4 Gold
1983 Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Han Aiping 7–11, 7–11 Bronze
Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1978 Bangkok, Thailand Li Fang Zheng Huiming
Qiu Yufang		 5–15, 15–9, 15–10 Gold
1979 Hangzhou, China Liu Xia Sirisriro Patama
Suleeporn Jittariyakul		 10–15, 11–15 Silver

World Cup
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1983 Stadium Negara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		 Han Aiping 11–6, 5–11, 4–11 Silver

World Games
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1981 San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States Hwang Sun-ai 7–11, 11–9, 12–9 Gold
Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1981 San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States Liu Xia Jane Webster
Nora Perry		 11–15, 15–4, 15–8 Gold

Asian Games
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1982 Indraprastha Indoor Stadium,
New Delhi, India		 Li Lingwei 11–6, 11–8 Gold
Mixed doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1978 Bangkok,
Thailand		 Tang Xianhu Hariamanto Kartono
Theresia Widiastuti		 Gold

International tournaments

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1981 Scandinavian Cup Lene Køppen 6–11, 11–12 Runner-up
1981 English Masters Lene Køppen 11–6, 11–12, 11–6 Winner
1982 All England Open Li Lingwei 11–4, 11–6 Winner
1983 All England Open Wu Jianqiu 11–5, 10–12, 12–9 Winner
Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1981 Scandinavian Cup Liu Xia Jane Webster
Nora Perry		 12–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1981 English Masters Liu Xia Gillian Gilks
Yoshiko Yonekura		 15–10, 3–15, 15–6 Winner
  IBF Grand Prix tournament

Invitational tournament
Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1978 Asian Invitational Championships Liu Xia 2–11, 7–11 Silver

References
  1. Shirish Nadkarni, "China Stroll away with Star Honors", World Badminton, March 1983, 16-18.
  2. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 106.
  3. Hans Moller, "how Sugiarto and King created a dream final", World Badminton, June 1983, 14.
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