- Yao Jie
Infobox Badminton player
playername = Yao Jie
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birth_name = 姚洁
date_of_birth = birth date and age|1977|4|10
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event = Women Singles
country = NED
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handedness = Right
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current_ranking = 17
date_of_current_ranking =July 3 ,2008 [ [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/ranking_ms.asp?id=2 BWF World Ranking - Women's Singles] ]
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bwf_id = 5564Yao Jie (Chinese: 姚洁,
pinyin : Yáo Jié) (born10 April 1977 ) is a femalebadminton player from theNetherlands .She is currently dating Dutch badminton player
Eric Pang . [cite web|url=http://www.badzine.info/content/view/838/2/|title=Another busy weekend: National Championships |accessdate=2008-02-25 |date=2008-02-04 |publisher=BadZine.info ]Career
2004
Yao played
badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics , defeatingJiang Yanmei ofSingapore in the first round but losing to Wang Chen ofHong Kong in the round of 16.2006
She won a bronze medal at the
2006 European Badminton Championships in women's singles [cite web|url=http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=10066 |title=2006 European Championships winners |publisher=tournamentsoftware.com] .2007
As a part of the
BC Amersfoort team Bruil reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held inAmersfoort . Together withLotte Bruil-Jonathans ,Larisa Griga ,Dicky Palyama andEric Pang the final was lost against the team ofNL Primorje . In the semi finals they were too strong forCB Rinconada .References
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