Yang (F) Yu

Yu Yang is a female former badminton player from thePeople\'s Republic of China. A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world\'s elite women\'s doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Their other titles have included the Polish Open (2004): the China Masters (2005); the Asian Championships and Swiss Open in 2006; the Russian, Hong Kong, and Indonesia Opens in 2007; and the French, Korea, and Singapore Opens in 2008. They were also runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2008. Yu has also enjoyed recent success in mixed doubles with He Hanbin. They captured titles at the Badminton Asia Championships and the Thailand and Denmark Opens in 2007.