On October 26, Beijing time, Wang Yihan, former badminton women's singles world number one, world champion and silver medalist in the 2012 London Olympic Games, posted her wedding photos and announced that she had officially entered the palace of marriage. After the end of the Rio Olympic Games, Wang Yihan announced his retirement on September 15, 2016, and after retiring, Wang Yihan carefully ran his own badminton club and was very low-key in terms of feelings. It is reported that Wang Yihan's husband is a member of the Shanghai team and a person in the badminton circle. Bless Wang Yihan and a happy married life in the future.
Wang Yihan (born January 18, 1988 in Shanghai) is a Chinese women's badminton player. At the age of 9, he began practicing badminton under the tutelage of world champion Wang Pengren. In 2002, he was selected for the Shanghai team, in 2004 he was selected for the national second team, and in 2006 he entered the national first team. In March 2009, she won her first women's singles title at the All England Badminton Super Tournament. In 2011, she won the Women's Singles Championships at the World Badminton Championships. In 2011, she won the women's singles championship of the BWF Super Series Finals. In 2012, she finished second in women's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships. At the 2012 London Olympics, she finished second in the women's singles in badminton. She won the women's singles championship at the 2013 BWF Super Series Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships. Badminton women's singles champion at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
In 2002, he was selected for the Shanghai team.
In 2003, he was recommended by Cheng Yan to join the Shanghai badminton team and participate in the World Youth Badminton Championships in China.
In 2005, he was selected for the second team of the national team, and won the second place at the Asian Youth Badminton Championships and the third place in the National Badminton Championships.
In 2006, Wang Yihan was selected for the first team of the national team. Defeated world and Asian champion Xie Xingfang at the China Open Badminton Tournament. In the World Cup Invitational Tournament held in Yiyang, Hunan Province in the following two weeks, Wang Yihan eliminated Zhang Ning in the final four, and after advancing to the final, defeated Xie Xingfang again and became the World Cup Invitational Champion for the first time. At the World Junior Championships in mid-October, Wang Yihan defeated his Indian rival in Incheon, South Korea, to win the title again.
In March 2009, Wang Yihan participated in the All England Badminton Championships, defeating her sister Xie Xingfang and Hong Kong's Zhou Mi to reach the final, and finally defeated Danish player Tene Rasmussen in the final to win her first All England Badminton Championship women's singles championship.
In May 2009, Wang Yihan was selected for the Sudirman Cup 24-man squad, eventually replacing Xie Xingfang, who was in poor form, as the first singles player.
On January 30, 2011, the 2011 BWF Super Series Korea Open began to compete for the final, and Wang Yihan defeated teammate Wang Shixian to win the championship.
On August 13, 2011, in the women's singles final of the World Badminton Championships in London, Wang Yihan advanced to the final of the World Championships for the first time.
On August 14, 2011, the women's singles final of the 2011 London Badminton World Championships ended, and Wang Yihan defeated Chinese Taipei's Zheng Shaojie to win the championship.
On May 26, 2012, Dongfeng Citroen 2012 Uber Cup final, China defeated south Korea, the 12th time to win the Uber Cup. In the first set, Wang Yihan defeated Cheng Chi-hyun and the Chinese team took a 1-0 lead.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Wang Yihan lost to youngster Li Xuerui and won a silver medal. Later, due to injury, he announced his retirement. [8-9]
On June 23, 2013, the 2013 Singapore Badminton Super Tournament ended with a 2-0 victory over Li Xuerui in the women's singles final.
On August 8, 2013, the Guangzhou Badminton World Championships entered the fourth matchday of the competition, in a focus battle in the women's singles quarterfinals. Wang Yihan was defeated by Xin Dehu and did not qualify for the women's singles quarterfinals.
On November 24, 2013, at the Hong Kong Open of the 2013 BWF Super Series, Wang Yihan defeated Wang Shixian to win the women's singles championship.
On August 27, 2014, in the second round of the women's singles of the World Badminton Championships, China's Wang Yihan defeated Denmark's Madsen to easily advance to the round of 16.
On August 14, 2015, in the women's singles quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships, Wang Yihan lost 1-2 to No. 2 seedEd India's Nevar, missing the semifinals.
On August 17, 2016, in the quarterfinals of the badminton women's singles at the Rio Olympic Games, Wang Yihan lost 0-2 to India's Sindhu and missed the final four.
On September 15, 2016, Wang Yihan officially announced his retirement on Weibo.
On December 28, 2017, Wang Yihan announced that she has joined hands with Yonex, the world's first badminton brand.
Wang Yihan holds the right hand, attacks aggressively, and kills fiercely. There are many scoring methods, the small ball in front of the net, the backcourt is extremely aggressive, and her technical skills also guarantee this aggressive way of playing. She is very quick in the connection between clapping and shooting, and the momentum of playing is like a rainbow. Wang Yihan not only has comprehensive technology, but also has great physical fitness.