Xu Huaiwen

Xu Huaiwen (simplified Chinese: 徐怀雯; traditional Chinese: 徐懷雯; pinyin: Xú Huáiwén; born August 2 1975 in Guiyang, Guizhou) is a female badminton player from Germany. She was born in Guiyang, Guizhou, People's Republic of China. She decided to play for Germany because the Chinese thought that she was too short to play professional world badminton. She can speak fluent Chinese, German and English.

Career

Xu has been one of the most successful of a number of Chinese-born female players who have emigrated from their badminton-rich homeland, in part, for a better opportunity to play in the world's biggest events. Since 2003 when she won a spate of middle tier open tournaments in Europe, Xu has gone on to become one of the more consistent performers on the international circuit. She has been a women's singles bronze medalist twice at the BWF World Championships (2005 and 2006) and has won the last two European Championships (2006 and 2008) over Mia Audina and Tine Rasmussen respectively in the finals . At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Xu was eliminated in a close quarterfinal match by China's Xie Xingfang, the world's number one ranked player.

Among Xu's more than twenty national and international singles titles are the Scottish (2003), Polish (2003), Dutch (2005), and Swiss (2006) Opens, the Copenhagen Masters (2007), and the last five (2004–2008) German National Championships. Curiously she has earned all of these titles since turning 27, an age at which many singles players feel that their best years are behind them.

Translation

The phrase "Xu Huaiwen" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, Indonesian, Malay.

Translation in Chinese: 徐怀雯.