Lin Yanfen

Lin Yanfen (Template:Zh; born January 4, 1971) is a Chinese female badminton player of the 1990s.

Career

Lin was a women's doubles specialist who paired with Yao Fen to win several top tier international tournaments. These included the Swedish (1992), China (1992), and French (1993) Opens, the Badminton World Cup (1992), the World Badminton Grand Prix (1992), and the prestigious All-England Championships in 1992. Lin and Yao were bronze medalists at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and runners-up at the 1993 All Englands. Lin was a member of China's winning Uber Cup (women's international) team of 1992.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Pavelló de la Mar Bella, Barcelona, Spain	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Hwang Hye-young Template:Flagicon Chung So-young	9–15, 8–15	File:Bronze medal.svg Bronze

World Cup

Women's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Guangdong Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gowers Template:Flagicon Sara Sankey	15–0, 15–3	Gold Gold
1993	Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Chung So-young Template:Flagicon Gil Young-ah	9–15, 10–15	Bronze Bronze

Asian Cup

Women's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Kimiko Jinnai Template:Flagicon Hisako Mori	15–10, 14–17, 1–15	Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	German Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing Template:Flagicon Christine Magnusson	11–15, 15–17	Runner-Up
1992	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Catrine Bengtsson Template:Flagicon Maria Bengtsson	15–6, 17–16	Winner
1992	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Guan Weizhen Template:Flagicon Nong Qunhua	18–14, 18–17	Winner
1992	China Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Pan Li Template:Flagicon Wu Yuhong	17–14, 15–4	Winner
1992	Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Gillian Clark Template:Flagicon Gillian Gowers	15–7, 17–16	Winner
1993	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Chung So-young Template:Flagicon Gil Young-ah	8–15, 5–15	Runner-Up
1993	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Chung So-young Template:Flagicon Gil Young-ah	15–5, 4–15, 7–15	Runner-Up
1993	French Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Fen	Template:Flagicon Nong Qunhua Template:Flagicon Zhou Lei	15–10, 17–15	Winner
1993	China Open	Template:Flagicon Pan Li	Template:Flagicon Chen Ying Template:Flagicon Wu Yuhong	15–4, 12–15, 4-15	Runner-Up

IBF International (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Polish International	Template:Flagicon Lee Young-suk	0–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1988	Bulgarian International	Template:Flagicon Zhang Wanling	9–12, 11–4, 11–3	Winner
1989	Bulgarian International	Template:Flagicon Vlada Tcherniavskaia	11–7, 11–8	Winner

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Bulgarian International	Template:Flagicon Zhang Wanling	Template:Flagicon Zhang Junying Template:Flagicon Gao Meifeng	15–7, 6–15, 18–15	Winner
1989	Bulgarian International	Template:Flagicon Zhang Wanling	Template:Flagicon Diana Koleva Template:Flagicon Vlada Tcherniavskaia	15–6, 15–4	Winner

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Bulgarian International	Template:Flagicon Wu Chibing	Template:Flagicon Jerzy Dolhan Template:Flagicon Bozena Haracz	17–14, 15–11	Winner

External links

• Lin Yanfen at databaseOlympics.com
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• Template:BWFBadminton.com profile
• Template:BWF.TournamentSoftware.com profile

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