Xie Xingfang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xie (谢).

Xie XingFang
Personal information
Birth name	谢杏芳
Born	January 8, 1981 (1981-01-08) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Country	China
Handedness	Right
Women Singles
Highest Ranking	1 (April 7, 2005)
Current Ranking	6 (Feb 18, 2009)
BWF Profile

Olympic medal record
Competitor for China
Women's Badminton
Olympic Games
Silver	2008 Beijing	Singles
World Championships
Gold	2005 Anaheim	Women's Singles
Gold	2006 Madrid	Women's Singles
Silver	2009 Hyderabad	Women's Singles
All England Championships
Gold	2006 Birminghan	Women's Singles
Gold	2007 Birminghan	Women's Singles
Gold	2008 Birminghan	Women's Singles
World Cup
Gold	2005 Yiyang	Women's Singles
Silver	2006 Yiyang	Women's Singles
World Junior Championships
Gold	1998 Melbourne	Women's Doubles
Bronze	1998 Melbourne	Mixed Doubles
Uber Cup
Gold	2004 Jakarta	Team
Gold	2006 Tokyo	Team
Gold	2008 Jakarta	Team
Asian Games
Gold	2006 Doha	Team
Bronze	2006 Doha	Women's Singles

Xie Xingfang (simplified Chinese: 谢杏芳; traditional Chinese: 謝杏芳; pinyin: Xiè Xìngfāng; Yale Romanization: Je6 Hang6 Fong1; born January 8, 1981, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China who has twice won women's singles at the BWF World Championships.

Her first big title was in girl's doubles, with her provincial team mate Zhang Jiewen, at the World Junior Championships in 1998. She has also won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Cai Yun. Yet once she entered the Chinese national team, she switched to singles. 2004 was her "break-out" year as she won several top tier titles on the world circuit. Xie and her senior compatriot and rival Zhang Ning were the most dominant international women's singles players of the mid and late parts of the decade, though they were pressed by younger teammates such as Zhu Lin, Lu Lan, Jiang Yanjiao and Wang Yihan. Not an especially elegant looking stylist, Xie's strengths were her reach, quickness, consistency, and court sense. She was a member of China's world champion Uber Cup teams of 2004, 2006, and 2008.

Her last appearance as a player in a major badminton competition, came at the Chinese National Games in October 2009.

During much of her badminton career Xie was romantically involved with fellow Chinese badminton star Lin Dan. In 2006 Xie and Lin won their respective women's and men's singles titles at the IBF World Championships in Madrid. Xie had also won the world title in 2005 when Lin finished second to Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat. Xie Xingfang and Lin Dan were married in Guangzhou, China, on Dec 13th 2010, after 7 years of dating.

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Singles	2006	Madrid, ESP
1	Singles	2005	Anaheim, CA, USA
2	Singles	2009	Hyderabad, IND
5	Singles	2003	Birmingham, GBR
Asian Games
1	Team	2006	Doha, QATAR
Thomas & Uber Cup
1	Team	2008	Jakarta, INA
1	Team	2006	Japan
1	Team	2004	Jakarta, INA
World Grand Prix
1	Singles	2007	China Masters Super Series
1	Singles	2007	Yonex All England Super Series
1	Singles	2007	Yonex German Open
1	Singles	2007	Yonex Korea Open Super Series
1	Singles	2006	Hong Kong Open
1	Singles	2006	Yonex All England Open
1	Singles	2005	Yonex All England Open
1	Singles	2005	German Open
1	Singles	2004	Djarum Indonesia Open
1	Singles	2004	China Open
1	Singles	2004	German Open
1	Singles	2004	Realkredit Denmark Open
2	Singles	2007	Aviva Open Singapore Super Series
2	Singles	2006	Yonex Japan Open
2	Singles	2006	Chinese Taipei Open
2	Singles	2006	China Masters
2	Singles	2005	China Open
2	Singles	2005	Hong Kong Open
2	Singles	2005	Yonex Japan Open
2	Singles	2003	Yonex All England Open
3	Singles	2006	Proton Eon Malaysia Open
3	Singles	2005	China Masters
3	Singles	2003	China Open
3	Singles	2003	Proton Eon Malaysia Open
3	Singles	2002	Realkredit Denmark Open
3	Singles	2002	China Open
3	Singles	2002	Singapore Open

External links

• (Chinese) Xie XingFang's Blog
• (Chinese) The Official Xie XingFang Website
• (Chinese) The Official China Badminton Website