Liu Yutong

This article is about the para-badminton player. For the basketball player, see Liu Yutong (basketball).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.
Liu Yutong
刘禹彤
Liu at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Country China
Born (2004-03-05) 5 March 2004
Cangzhou, Hebei, China
CoachQu Fuchun
Women's singles WH2
Women's doubles WH1–WH2
Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking1 (WS 1 January 2019)
1 (WD with Yin Menglu 18 July 2022)
3 (XD with Qu Zimo 6 April 2019)
Current ranking3 (WS)
2 (WD with Yin Menglu)
4 (XD with Qu Zimo) (1 November 2022)
Medal record
Para-badminton
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
2020 Tokyo Women's singles
2024 Paris Women's singles
2024 Paris Women's doubles
2020 Tokyo Women's doubles
World Championships
2017 Ulsan Women's singles
2019 Basel Women's singles
2019 Basel Women's doubles
2024 Pattaya Women's singles
2024 Pattaya Women's doubles
2024 Pattaya Mixed doubles
2017 Ulsan Women's doubles
Asian Para Games
2018 Jakarta Women's singles
2018 Jakarta Mixed doubles
2022 Hangzhou Women's singles
2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles
2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
2018 Jakarta Women's doubles
Asian Championships
2016 Beijing Women's singles
Asian Youth Para Games
2017 Dubai Women's singles

Liu Yutong (born 5 March 2004) is a Chinese para badminton player.[1] She won gold in para-badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's singles WH2 event. She also won silver in the 2020 Olympic women's doubles WH1–WH2 event before snatching gold in 2024 with her partner Yin Menglu.[2]

Personal life

Liu was born in Cangzhou. In 2009, Liu was involved in a traffic accident which caused her to lose both of her legs. In 2016, she was drafted to the Chinese national wheelchair badminton team.

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Women's singles WH2

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2020 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Xu Tingting 21–15, 21–15 Gold
2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Li Hongyan 21–15, 21–13 Gold

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Yin Menglu Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki 		21–16, 16–21, 13–21 Silver
2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Yin Menglu Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki 		21–17, 21–19 Gold

World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea Xu Tingting 21–8, 21–11 Gold
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Li Hongyan 21–12, 21–11 Gold
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Pilar Jáuregui 21–8, 21–4 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea Zhang Jing Sujirat Pookkham
Amnouy Wetwithan 		7–21, 12–21 Bronze
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland 		Yin Menglu Sujirat Pookkham
Amnouy Wetwithan 		21–11, 21–15 Gold
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Yin Menglu Fan Chaoyue
Li Hongyan 		21–14, 21–10 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Qu Zimo Yang Tong
Li Hongyan 		21–12, 21–12 Gold

Asian Para Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Xu Tingting 22–20, 21–16 Gold
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Li Hongyan 21–8, 21–10 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Zhang Jing Sujirat Pookkham
Amnouy Wetwithan 		15–21, 22–24 Bronze
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Yin Menglu Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki 		Round robin Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Qu Zimo Mai Jianpeng
Li Hongyan 		14–21, 21–18, 21–18 Gold
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Qu Zimo Yang Tong
Li Hongyan 		21–7, 21–12 Gold

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China Amnouy Wetwithan 21–16, 21–11 Gold

Asian Youth Para Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017[a] Al Wasl Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Yang Fan 21–14, 21–10 Gold
Jung Gyeo-ul 21–4, 21–5
Li Hongyan 21–10, 21–9

International Tournaments (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Turkish Para Badminton International Xu Tingting 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2019 Dubai Para Badminton International Li Hongyan 21–5, 21–10 Winner
2019[a] China Para Badminton International Xu Tingting 21–16, 21–11 Winner
Marcela Quinteros 21–6, 21–5
Li Hongyan 21–11, 21–8
Amnouy Wetwithan 21–10, 21–5
2019 Japan Para Badminton International Xu Tingting 21–15, 21–15 Winner
2020 Brazil Para Badminton International Xu Tingting 21–16, 21–15 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Turkish Para Badminton International Yin Menglu Xu Tingting
Zhang Jing 		18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2020 Brazil Para Badminton International Yin Menglu Emine Seçkin
To Man-kei 		21–13, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Turkish Para Badminton International Qu Zimo Mai Jianpeng
Yin Menglu 		21–8, 21–12 Winner
2019 Dubai Para Badminton International Qu Zimo Luca Olgiati
Karin Suter-Erath 		21–5, 21–10 Winner
2019[a] China Para Badminton International Qu Zimo Zhao Xin
Zhang Jing 		21–11, 21–12 Winner
Chan Kun-yi
To Man-kei 		21–8, 21–5
Yang Tong
Li Hongyan 		21–15, 21–11
Rick Cornell Hellmann
Valeska Knoblauch 		21–10, 21–9

Notes

  1. ^ a b c This tournament used a round robin system.

References

  1. ^ "Badminton - LIU Yutong". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ "LIU Yu Tong". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 September 2024. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
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