Chang Ye-na

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Chang Ye-na
Chang Ye Na at the 2015 Korea Grand Prix Gold
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born13 December 1989 (1989-12-13) (age 34)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
HandednessLeft
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (WD 16 November 2017)
8 (XD 16 January 2014)
Current ranking13 (WD with Kim Hye-rin 30 August 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Guangzhou Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Qingdao Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Donggguan Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Wuhan Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kunshan Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Women's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Gimcheon Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Wuhan Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wuhan Women's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Manila Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alor Setar Women's team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Jakarta Girls' team
BWF profile

Chang Ye-na (Korean장예나; RRJang Ye-na; Korean pronunciation: [tɕaŋ.je.na]; born 13 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player who specializes in doubles.[1] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] She won gold medals at the 2013 Kazan Universiade in the mixed team and women's doubles event partnered with Kim So-yeong.[3] She also won silver medal at the 2013 BWF World Championships with Eom Hye-won.[4] In 2017, she helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the Sudirman Cup.[5]

Achievements[edit]

BWF World Championships[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China South Korea Eom Hye-won China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang
14–21, 21–18, 8–21 Silver Silver

Asian Championships[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
South Korea Lee So-hee Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi
16–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
South Korea Lee So-hee Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi
14–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei
Hong Kong Chau Hoi Wah
21–13, 15–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

Summer Universiade[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Gymnasium of SZIIT,
Shenzhen, China
South Korea Eom Hye-won Chinese Taipei Pai Hsiao-ma
Chinese Taipei Cheng Shao-chieh
21–11, 21–14 Gold Gold
2013 Tennis Academy,
Kazan, Russia
South Korea Kim So-young China Luo Yu
China Tian Qing
27–25, 15–21, 23–21 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)[edit]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Masters Super 300 South Korea Jung Kyung-eun South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Swiss Open Super 300 South Korea Jung Kyung-eun Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida
21–16, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Canada Open Super 100 South Korea Kim Hye-rin Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville
16–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Hong Kong Open Super 500 South Korea Kim Hye-rin China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan
11–21, 21–13, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 South Korea Kim Hye-rin South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Jung Kyung-eun
21–23, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 6 runners-up)[edit]

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[8] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[9] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Malaysia Open South Korea Jung Kyung-eun China Luo Ying
China Luo Yu
18–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Korea Open South Korea Lee So-hee Indonesia Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Indonesia Greysia Polii
15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 French Open South Korea Lee So-hee China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan
16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 China Open South Korea Lee So-hee China Huang Dongping
China Li Yinhui
13–21, 21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 All England Open South Korea Lee So-hee Denmark Christinna Pedersen
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21–18, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Indonesia Open South Korea Lee So-hee China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan
19–21, 21–15, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Korea Open South Korea Lee So-hee China Huang Yaqiong
China Yu Xiaohan
11–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 China Masters South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong China Xu Chen
China Ma Jin
13–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (9 titles, 9 runners-up)[edit]

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.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Macau Open South Korea Eom Hye-won South Korea Jung Kyung-eun
South Korea Kim Ha-na
4–8 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Eom Hye-won Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Yao Lei
21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold South Korea Eom Hye-won Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi
12–21, 21–12, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Macau Open South Korea Eom Hye-won South Korea Choi Hye-in
South Korea Kim So-young
21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Eom Hye-won South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Kim So-young South Korea Go Ah-ra
South Korea Yoo Hae-won
21–15, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Korea Grand Prix South Korea Yoo Hae-won South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
8–15 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Thailand Open South Korea Lee So-hee China Huang Dongping
China Li Yinhui
22–20, 11–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Korea Masters South Korea Lee So-hee South Korea Jung Kyung-eun
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
21–7, 16–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 U.S. Grand Prix South Korea Lee So-hee South Korea Jung Kyung-eun
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
22–24, 21–18, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 New Zealand Open South Korea Lee So-hee Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota
13–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Kim Ki-jung
South Korea Jung Kyung-eun
21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Shin Baek-choel
South Korea Eom Hye-won
21–11, 18–21, 23–25 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 German Open South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Denmark Anders Kristiansen
Denmark Julie Houmann
21–19, 19–21, 24–22 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Australian Open South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Indonesia Irfan Fadhilah
Indonesia Weni Anggraini
14–21, 24–22, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
South Korea Eom Hye-won
22–20, 12–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Kang Ji-wook
South Korea Choi Hye-in
21–13, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Korea Grand Prix South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Korea International South Korea Kim Mi-young South Korea Ha Jung-eun
South Korea Kim Min-jung
15–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Malaysia International South Korea Kim Mi-young South Korea Bae Seung-hee
South Korea Park Sun-young
21–13, 15–21, 5–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Players: Chang Ye Na". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. ^ "2016 Summer Olympics - Athletes: Chang Ye-Na". ESPN. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Athlete Information: Chang Ye Na". Kazan 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Wang-Yang win women's doubles title at Badminton World Championships". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  6. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  9. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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