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==Career== |
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She was the dominant international singles player when China first joined the [[ |
She was the dominant international singles player when China first joined the [[BWF|International Badminton Federation]] |
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, winning the prestigious [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All-England Championships]] in 1982 and 1983<ref>Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 106.</ref>, 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]]<ref>Hans Moller, "how Sugiarto and King created a dream final", ''World Badminton'', June 1983, 14.</ref>. Whether because she could no longer beat her teammates Han and [[Li Lingwei]], or because of her marriage to fellow Chinese player Chen Changjie, Zhang soon faded from the international scene. |
, winning the prestigious [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All-England Championships]] in 1982 and 1983<ref>Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 106.</ref>, 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]]<ref>Hans Moller, "how Sugiarto and King created a dream final", ''World Badminton'', June 1983, 14.</ref>. Whether because she could no longer beat her teammates Han and [[Li Lingwei]], or because of her marriage to fellow Chinese player Chen Changjie, Zhang soon faded from the international scene. |
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Revision as of 07:45, 18 March 2008
Zhang Ailing is a retired female badminton player of China.
Career
She was the dominant international singles player when China first joined the International Badminton Federation , winning the prestigious All-England Championships in 1982 and 1983[1], 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[2]. Whether because she could no longer beat her teammates Han and Li Lingwei, or because of her marriage to fellow Chinese player Chen Changjie, Zhang soon faded from the international scene.