Han Jingna


Han Jingna is a Chinese retired badminton player who rated among the world's leading women's singles players in the 1990s. 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.She was part of national teams that clinched the 1995 Sudirman Cup in Lausanne, and the 1998 Uber Cup in Hong Kong,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.
In 1999, she left the national team and went to the United Kingdom to help coach Great Britain's team for 2000 Olympic Games.
She later worked as a Chinese national youth team coach starting in 2006.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1997Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Gong Zhichao9–12, 9–11 Bronze
1995Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland Ye Zhaoying7–11, 0–11 Silver

Asian Cup

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1994Beijing, China Ye Zhaoying6–11, 12–9, 3–11 Silver

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Gu Jun Tang Yongshu
Yuan Yali
15–9, 15–5 Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1996Russian Open Gong Zhichao11–7, 11–5 Winner
1996Dutch Open Yao Yan2–9, 2–9, 0–9 Runner-up
1993Hong Kong Open Ye Zhaoying12–10, 7–11, 1–11 Runner-up
1993China Open Ye Zhaoying12–10, 11–1 Winner
1992Singapore Open Ye Zhaoying11–8, 2–11, 3–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Swiss Open Ye Zhaoying Ge Fei
Gu Jun
15–9, 2–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1995Swedish Open Ye Zhaoying Kim Mee-hyang
Kim Shin-young
15–12, 12–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1993Thailand Open Li Qi Ge Fei
Gu Jun
5–15, 10–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1999Italian International Zeng YaqiongWalkover Runner-up
1995Sydney Open Silvia Anggraini11–5, 11–1 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999Italian International Ian Sullivan Anthony Clark
Zeng Yaqiong
15–11, 15–7 Winner