Lin Yanfen

Lin Yanfen
林燕芬

Personal information
Born	(1971-01-04) 4 January 1971 (age 55) Xinhui, Guangdong, China
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Women's doubles World Cup 1992 Guangzhou Women's doubles 1993 New Delhi Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1993 Birmingham Mixed team Uber Cup 1992 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Cup 1991 Jakarta Women's doubles

Lin Yanfen (Chinese: 林燕芬; born 4 January 1971) is a Chinese badminton player of the 1990s.

Career

Lin was a women's doubles specialist who paired with Yao Fen to win several top tier international tournaments. These included the Swedish (1992), China (1992), and French (1993) Opens, the Badminton World Cup (1992), the World Badminton Grand Prix (1992), and the prestigious All-England Championships in 1992. Lin and Yao were bronze medalists at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and runners-up at the 1993 All Englands. Lin was a member of China's winning Uber Cup (women's international) team of 1992.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Pavelló de la Mar Bella Barcelona, Spain	Yao Fen	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	9–15, 8–15	Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Guangdong Gymnasium Guangzhou, China	Yao Fen	Gillian Gowers Sara Sankey	15–0, 15–3	Gold
1993	Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium New Delhi, India	Yao Fen	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	9–15, 10–15	Bronze

Asian Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Istora Senayan Jakarta, Indonesia	Yao Fen	Kimiko Jinnai Hisako Mori	15–10, 14–17, 1–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	German Open	Yao Fen	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	11–15, 15–17	Runner-Up
1992	Swedish Open	Yao Fen	Catrine Bengtsson Maria Bengtsson	15–6, 17–16	Winner
1992	All England Open	Yao Fen	Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua	18–14, 18–17	Winner
1992	China Open	Yao Fen	Pan Li Wu Yuhong	17–14, 15–4	Winner
1992	Grand Prix Finals	Yao Fen	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–7, 17–16	Winner
1993	Korea Open	Yao Fen	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	8–15, 5–15	Runner-Up
1993	All England Open	Yao Fen	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	15–5, 4–15, 7–15	Runner-Up
1993	French Open	Yao Fen	Nong Qunhua Zhou Lei	15–10, 17–15	Winner
1993	China Open	Pan Li	Chen Ying Wu Yuhong	15–4, 12–15, 4–15	Runner-Up

IBF International (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Polish International	Lee Young-suk	0–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1988	Bulgarian International	Zhang Wanling	9–12, 11–4, 11–3	Winner
1989	Bulgarian International	Vlada Tcherniavskaia	11–7, 11–8	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Bulgarian International	Zhang Wanling	Zhang Junying Gao Meifeng	15–7, 6–15, 18–15	Winner
1989	Bulgarian International	Zhang Wanling	Diana Koleva Vlada Tcherniavskaia	15–6, 15–4	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Bulgarian International	Wu Chibing	Jerzy Dolhan Bozena Haracz	17–14, 15–11	Winner

External links

• Lin Yanfen at databaseOlympics.com
• Lin Yanfen at Olympedia
• Lin Yanfen at BWFBadminton.com
• Lin Yanfen at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)