Angela Yu (badminton)

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Angela Yu
于亚杰
Personal information
CountryAustralia
Born (2003-03-08) 8 March 2003 (age 21)
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking25 (with Setyana Mapasa 6 August 2024)
Current ranking25 (with Setyana Mapasa 6 August 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Geelong Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Ballarat Women's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Geelong Women's team
Oceania Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Women's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Women's singles
BWF profile

Angela Yu (born 8 March 2003) is an Australian badminton player. She won a gold medal in women's doubles at the 2024 Oceania Badminton Championships. She represented Australia in women's doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Biography

Angela was born in Box Hill, Melbourne to former Chinese badminton players Tang Yongshu and Yu Qi. Her brother, Jack Yu is also a badminton player and is part of the Australia national team. [1]

Career

In 2023, Angela partnered with Setyana Mapasa. She won her first World Tour title with Setyana at the 2023 Kaohsiung Masters. [2] The duo then won the Bendigo International and the Sydney International. [3] In 2024, Angela and Setyana reached the semi-finals of the 2024 Swiss Open but lost to Hsu Ya-ching and Lin Wan-ching. [4] Angela and Setyana also reached the semi-finals of the 2024 Australian Open and became the first Australians to reach the women's doubles semi-finals at the home tournament since 2009.

The duo earned enough ranking points to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's doubles event. Although they did not proceed to the knockout stages, they did win against Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa in the group stage to salvage a point and place third in the group.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2024 Leisuretime Sports Precinct,
Geelong, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlyn Ea
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville
21–18, 21–11 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Wheller Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Anona Pak
9–21, 21–23 Med 3.png Bronze

Oceania Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg Shaunna Li 16–21, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlyn Ea Flag of Australia (converted).svg Majan Almazan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kelly Xu
15–21, 21–13, 21–16 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Yu Flag of New Zealand.svg Edward Lau
Flag of New Zealand.svg Shaunna Li
21–17, 19–21, 21–16 Med 1.png Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. [6]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023 Kaohsiung Masters Super 100 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Kawazoe
Flag of Japan.svg Haruna Konishi
21–19, 8–21, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023 Mongolia International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lui Lok Lok
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng Wing Yung
16–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Bendigo International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Yin-hui
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Jhih-yun
18–21, 22–20, 27–25Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Sydney International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvina Kurniawan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Poon Lok Yan
21–16, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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