Yao Lei (born 24 February 1990) is a China-born Singaporean former badminton player.
She won the women's doubles silver and mixed doubles bronze at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
She also represented Singapore in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with Shinta Mulia Sari.
Her parents Yao Yi Ping and Gu Xiao Jing were both international badminton players.
In 2003 as a 13-year-old she emigrated to Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.Yeo retired from competitive badminton in 2014, citing a lack of passion and drive.
Yeo had enrolled at Soochow University in China for a degree in sports training.In 2018, Yeo had finished her studies.
She participated in the 2018 Singapore Badminton Open, pairing with Lim Ming Hui in the women's doubles and Malaysian Tan Boon Heong in the mixed doubles.