Han Jingna

Han Jingna (Chinese: 韩晶娜; born 16 January 1975) is a Chinese retired badminton player who rated among the world's leading women's singles players in the 1990s.^[1] Han began practicing badminton at the age of seven. Two years later, she trained at the sports school in Wuhan. She was selected to join the Hubei team in 1988 when she was thirteen, and to join the national team in 1989.^[1] She was part of national teams that clinched the 1995 Sudirman Cup in Lausanne,^[2] and the 1998 Uber Cup in Hong Kong,^[3] She won the silver medal for women's singles at the 1995 World Championships by upsetting South Korea's Bang Soo-hyun in the semifinals before falling to Chinese teammate Ye Zhaoying in the finals. Han also earned a singles bronze medal at the next World Championships in 1997. She competed in the women's singles competition at the 1996 Olympic Games but was eliminated in the quarterfinals round by the defending Olympic gold medalist Susi Susanti of Indonesia.^[4]

Han Jingna 韩晶娜
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1975-01-16) 16 January 1975 (age 49) Qiaokou, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China World Championships 1995 Lausanne Women's singles 1997 Glasgow Women's singles Uber Cup 1998 Hong Kong Women's team 1994 Jakarta Women's team 1996 Hong Kong Women's team Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Women's team Asian Cup 1994 Beijing Women's singles 1995 Qingdao Women's singles World Junior Championships 1992 Jakarta Girls' doubles
BWF profile

In 1999, she left the national team and went to the United Kingdom to help coach Great Britain's team for 2000 Olympic Games.^[5]She later worked as a Chinese national youth team coach starting in 2006.^[3]