Hispanopedia WikiJiang Yanmei (Chinese: 江彦媚; born 28 February 1981) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player. She competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics; 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games; and also 2006 Asian Games.
Early life
Born in Guangdong, China, Jiang moved to Singapore in 1999, and joining the national squad shortly after under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[1]
Career
Jiang was part of Singapore women's team that won the gold medal at the 2003 SEA Games, and bronze medal at 2006 Asian Games.[2] She also helps the Singapore mixed team to win bronze at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.[3] Teamed-up with Li Yujia, they won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, losing the final to Malaysian pair Chin Eei Hui and Wong Pei Tty.[4]
After her playing career, Jiang became a coach with the Singapore Badminton Association.[5][1] In 2017, she was appointed as the principal of the SBA Badminton Academy at Pasir Ris Sports Hall, which was established to help enhance the abilities of local players in Singapore.[6]
Awards
Jiang received the 2005 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee.[7]
Achievements
Commonwealth Games
Women's doubles
Southeast Asian Games
Women's singles
Women's doubles
BWF Grand Prix
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. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's doubles
International Series/Satellite
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
References
- ^ abLim Say Heng. "'I won't cut ties with S'pore'". AsiaOne. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^"Jiang Yanmei". Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^"2002 Manchester : Results (Badminton)". Sports Bharti. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^"Commonwealth Games day 11 review". BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^LOW LIN FHOONG (10 January 2014). "Coaching revamp for S'pore badminton". TODAY. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
The SBA announced the changes to its coaching structure yesterday, with the revamped set-up featuring an all-local roster comprising new chief coach Liu Qingdong, Liu Fan (singles) and Jiang Yanmei (doubles), and NIS team coach Ding Chao.
- ^"SBA Badminton Academy to kick off on 3 June". Sport Singapore. 27 May 2017.
- ^"Singapore Sports Awards". Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
External links
- Jiang Yanmei at BWFBadminton.com
- Jiang Yanmei at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)
- Jiang Yanmei at BadmintonEurope.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 July 2011)
- Jiang Yanmei at Olympics.com
- Jiang Yanmei at Olympic.org (archived)
- Jiang Yanmei at Olympedia
- Jiang Yanmei at the Singapore National Olympic Council (archive)
- Jiang Yanmei at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Badminton players from Guangdong
- Chinese emigrants to Singapore
- Singaporean people of Chinese descent
- Sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Naturalised citizens of Singapore
- Singaporean female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Singapore
- Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Singapore
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in badminton
- Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- Asian Games badminton players for Singapore
- Asian Games bronze medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2003 SEA Games
- Badminton players at the 2005 SEA Games
- Badminton players at the 2007 SEA Games
- SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games medalists in badminton
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games