Cheng Shao-chieh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Cheng Shao-chieh

Taiwanese badminton player

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1986

Place of Birth: Taipei

Profession: badminton player

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Cheng Shao-chieh

  • Cheng Shao-chieh (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhèng Sháojié; Wade–Giles: Cheng Shao-chieh; born 4 January 1986 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a badminton player from Taiwan.Cheng played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for the Republic of China as Chinese Taipei.
  • In women's singles, she defeated Ling Wan Ting of Hong Kong and Jun Jae-youn of Korea in the first two rounds.
  • In the quarterfinals, Cheng lost to Gong Ruina of China 11-3, 11-3.
  • Later that year, she played in the 2004 World Junior Championships, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she won the Gold title in Women's Singles.
  • She also participated in the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim, California, making it to the semifinals and taking a game from the eventual champion, Xie Xingfang.
  • She achieved a world championship silver medal in 2011 in London.
  • She reached the final, winning all her matches in straight games.
  • In the quarterfinal she beat the then world number 1, Wang Shixian from China, and in the semifinal she outclassed Juliane Schenk from Germany 18 and 6.
  • At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she again reached the quarter-finals, qualifying through from group C.
  • She then beat Gu Juan in the second round before losing to Wang Yihan.

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