Liang Xiaoyu
梁晓宇
Personal information
CountrySingapore
Born (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking23 (27 April 2017)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Mixed team
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Asian Junior championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Girls' singles
BWF profile

Liang Xiaoyu (Chinese: 梁晓宇; born 11 January 1996) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former badminton player.[1] She is a one-time Olympian and a former national champion.

Early life

Liang was born on 11 January 1996, in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. She started playing badminton at a very young age under the influence of her father, a badminton trainer.[2] She began to receive professional badminton training at the age of 7, and later became the champion of the Jiangsu's province junior team. Liang migrated to Singapore with his parents at the age of 10 and became a Singapore citizen in 2011.[3] She became a member of the Singapore national badminton team in May 2011.[4]

Career

Liang is a former national champion, having won the women's singles title at the 2012 edition.[5]

Liang was part of the mixed team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She represented Singapore at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, where she finished joint 9th in the singles and mixed event. She also clinched a women’s team bronze at the 2011, 2015 and 2017 Southeast Asian Games. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

On 26 August 2020, Liang announced on her social media that she had decided to retire from competitive badminton. She wrote, "I chose to retire due to injury. Thank you to my relatives and friends who have always supported me. Let's continue to work hard in the future!".[3]

Awards

Liang received the 2017 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee.[6]

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan China Chen Yufei 10–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

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.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Thailand Open South Korea Sung Ji-hyun 11–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 Malaysia International Malaysia Lyddia Cheah 17–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Malaysia International Indonesia Dinar Dyah Ayustine 21–11, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Xiaoyu Liang Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Liang Xiaoyu". Singapore National Olympic Council. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 "不舍！原中国籍羽毛球名将宣布因伤退役，年仅24岁 (in Simplified Chinese)". Sohu.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Player Xiaoyu Liang". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "National Championships 2012". Singapore Badminton Association.
  6. ↑ "Singapore Sports Awards". Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 13 February 2022.


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