Wei Yili

Wei Yili (Template:Zh; born 24 June 1982) is a former badminton player from China.

Career

A women's doubles specialist, since 2001 Wei has competed on the world circuit in partnership with a variety of her fellow countrywomen, but most often with Zhang Jiewen, Zhao Tingting or Zhang Yawen. A member of China's perennial world champion Uber Cup teams, in the biggest events for individual players (such as the BWF World Championships, the All-England Championships, and the Olympic Games) Wei and her partners have usually been overshadowed by China's two dominant women's doubles pairs, Gao Ling and Huang Sui, and Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen. One exception came at the 2007 All-Englands where Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen defeated both of these teams to capture the highly coveted title. Her other women's doubles titles include the China (2001), Singapore (2001, 2007), Denmark (2002, 2004), Thailand (2003), Indonesia (2006), and French (2007) Opens.

Wei has medaled four times at the BWF World Championships without "striking gold". She earned a silver with Zhang Jiewen in 2001, a silver with Zhao Tingting in 2003, a silver with Zhang Yawen in 2006, and a bronze with Zhang Yawen in 2007. She finished fourth at the 2004 Olympics in Athens with Zhao Tingting.<ref>Template:Cite Sports-Reference</ref> At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Wei and Zhang Yawen were beaten in the semifinals by yet another Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang, who went on to win the gold medal. Wei and Zhang earned a bronze medal by defeating Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna in the playoff for third place.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2008, Wei retired from the national team. She received an award during a ceremony to mark her retirement with five other teammates from the Chinese national badminton team on the sidelines of the China Open badminton event in Shanghai, November 23, 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, she was still playing a year later by partnering with Gao Ling. They lost to Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the Thailand Open final of 2009, but won the Philippines Open of 2009.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Miyuki Maeda Template:Flagicon Satoko Suetsuna	21–17, 21–10	File:Bronze medal.svg Bronze

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	11–15, 15–17	Silver Silver
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	8–15, 11–15	Silver Silver
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	21–23, 9–21	Silver Silver
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	21–19, 18–21, 16–21	Bronze Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	18–21, 15–21	Silver Silver

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	5–11, 1–11	Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Li Yujia Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	4–7, 7–2, 7–0, 7–1	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo	Template:Flagicon Sang Yang Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	3–7, 0–7, 6–8	Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Template:Flagicon Li Yujia	Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	9–15, 6–15	Silver Silver
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Li Yujia Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	15–12, 15–5	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo	Template:Flagicon Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Template:Flagicon Enny Erlangga	12–15, 16–17	Silver Silver
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo	Template:Flagicon Sang Yang Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Walkover	Gold Gold

BWF Superseries

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Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	21–16, 8–21, 24–22	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	10–21, 21–19, 21–18	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	French Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Yu Yang Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	21–10, 21–15	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Du Jing Template:Flagicon Yu Yang	20–22, 21–13, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	18–21, 24–22, 8–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	Template:Flagicon Chen Lin Template:Flagicon Jiang Xuelian	7–15, 3–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	15–10, 8–15, 9–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	8–6, 7–3, 7–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	Template:Flagicon Huang Nanyan Template:Flagicon Yang Wei	8–6, 7–3, 6–8, 8–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Mia Audina Template:Flagicon Lotte Jonathans	11–3, 6–11, 11–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	9–11, 3–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung Template:Flagicon Yim Kyung-jin	11–9, 5–11, 11–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	7–11, 11–6, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	13–10, 6–11, 5–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won Template:Flagicon Ra Kyung-min	6–15, 15–5, 1–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Zhang Dan Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	15–13, 12–15, 15–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	German Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Zhang Dan Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	8–15, 12–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	14–15, 12–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	German Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	4–15, 10–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	10–15, 13–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	12–15, 2–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	12–21, 21–18, 14–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	21–13, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	15–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	17–21, 7–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2009	Philippines Open	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	Template:Flagicon Shendy Puspa Irawati Template:Flagicon Meiliana Jauhari	21–11, 21–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	24–22, 17–21, 15–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	French International	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	7–1, 7–2, 5–7, 5–7, 2–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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