Frances Liu

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Liu Fan
刘帆
Personal information
CountrySingapore
Born (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 41)
Liaoning, China
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
HandednessRight
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Doha Women's team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Ho Chi Minh Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Manila Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Vientiane Women's team
BWF profile

Frances Liu Fan (born 1 April 1984) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player. [1] Together with Li Li, Xiao Luxi and Rong Muxi, they were Singapore badminton's pioneer batch of foreign talents under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. [2]

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Career

Liu won Singapore first ever women's badminton team gold at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games that was held in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City. [3] She retired from her playing career in 2011 and in 2014, became Singapore national badminton (singles) coach. [4]

Achievements

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006 New Zealand Open Flag of Singapore.svg Hendra Wijaya Flag of Singapore.svg Hendri Saputra
Flag of Singapore.svg Li Yujia
11–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2001 Malaysia Satellite Flag of Malaysia.svg Woon Sze Mei 7–0, 7–4, 6–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005 Iran Fajr International Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari Flag of Iran.svg Golnaz Faezi
Flag of Iran.svg Behnaz Perzamanbin
15–8, 15–0Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2005 Croatian International Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari Flag of Singapore.svg Zhang Beiwen
Flag of Singapore.svg Fu Mingtian
WalkoverGold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 Ballarat International Flag of Singapore.svg Yao Lei Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari
Flag of Singapore.svg Vanessa Neo
21–14, 17–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007 Waikato International Flag of Singapore.svg Yao Lei Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari
Flag of Singapore.svg Vanessa Neo
21–11, 18–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Vietnam International Flag of Singapore.svg Vanessa Neo Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari
Flag of Singapore.svg Yao Lei
21–15, 18–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004 Mauritius International Flag of Singapore.svg Denny Setiawan Flag of Singapore.svg Kendrick Lee
Flag of Singapore.svg Li Yujia
6–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2005 Croatian International Flag of Singapore.svg Hendra Wijaya Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar
Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Pohar
15–11, 13–15, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Fan Frances Liu". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. "Coaching revamp for S'pore badminton". TODAY. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. "22nd SEA Games Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, 2013". Readbag.com. p. 49. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. "Stop trying, start winning". AsiaOne. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2022.