Chang Ye-na

Chang Ye-na (Korean: 장예나; RR: Jang Ye-na; Korean pronunciation: [tɕaŋ.je.na]; born 13 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player who specializes in doubles.[1] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] She won gold medals at the 2013 Kazan Universiade in the mixed team and women's doubles event partnered with Kim So-yeong.[3] She also won silver medal at the 2013 BWF World Championships with Eom Hye-won.[4] In 2017, she helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the Sudirman Cup.[5]

Chang Ye-na
Chang Ye Na at the 2015 Korea Grand Prix Gold
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	13 December 1989 (age 31) Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Handedness	Left
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (WD 16 November 2017) 8 (XD 16 January 2014)
Current ranking	9 (WD 17 March 2020)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea World Championships 2013 Guangzhou Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2011 Qingdao Mixed team 2015 Donggguan Mixed team Uber Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2012 Wuhan Women's team 2016 Kunshan Women's team 2014 New Delhi Women's team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's team 2010 Guangzhou Women's team Asian Championships 2014 Gimcheon Mixed doubles 2016 Wuhan Women's doubles 2017 Wuhan Women's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team 2016 Hyderabad Women's team 2018 Alor Setar Women's team Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzen Women's doubles 2013 Kazan Women's doubles 2013 Kazan Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2005 Jakarta Girls' team
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Eom Hye-won	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	14–21, 21–18, 8–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Lee So-hee	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	16–21, 19–21	Bronze
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Lee So-hee	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	14–21, 10–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Shin Baek-cheol	Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah	21–13, 15–21, 15–21	Silver

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Gymnasium of SZIIT, Shenzen, China	Eom Hye-won	Pai Hsiao-ma Cheng Shao-chieh	21–11, 21–14	Gold
2013	Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia	Kim So-young	Luo Yu Tian Qing	27–25, 15–21, 23–21	Gold

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Korea Masters	Super 300	Jung Kyung-eun	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2019	Swiss Open	Super 300	Jung Kyung-eun	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2019	Canada Open	Super 100	Kim Hye-rin	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Kim Hye-rin	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	11–21, 21–13, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Kim Hye-rin	Baek Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun	21–23, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,[9] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Malaysia Open	Jung Kyung-eun	Luo Ying Luo Yu	18–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2015	Korea Open	Lee So-hee	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	French Open	Lee So-hee	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	China Open	Lee So-hee	Huang Dongping Li Yinhui	13–21, 21–14, 21–17	Winner
2017	All England Open	Lee So-hee	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2017	Indonesia Open	Lee So-hee	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	19–21, 21–15, 10–21	Runner-up
2017	Korea Open	Lee So-hee	Huang Yaqiong Yu Xiaohan	11–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	China Masters	Yoo Yeon-seong	Xu Chen Ma Jin	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (9 titles, 9 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Macau Open	Eom Hye-won	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	4–8 retired	Runner-up
2011	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Eom Hye-won	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2012	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Eom Hye-won	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	12–21, 21–12, 13–21	Runner-up
2012	Macau Open	Eom Hye-won	Choi Hye-in Kim So-young	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2012	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Eom Hye-won	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2013	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Kim So-young	Go Ah-ra Yoo Hae-won	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2014	Korea Grand Prix	Yoo Hae-won	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	8–15 retired	Runner-up
2015	Thailand Open	Lee So-hee	Huang Dongping Li Yinhui	22–20, 11–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Korea Masters	Lee So-hee	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	21–7, 16–21, 21–19	Winner
2015	U.S. Grand Prix	Lee So-hee	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	22–24, 21–18, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	New Zealand Open	Lee So-hee	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Yoo Yeon-seong	Kim Ki-jung Jung Kyung-eun	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2012	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Yoo Yeon-seong	Shin Baek-choel Eom Hye-won	21–11, 18–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2013	German Open	Shin Baek-cheol	Anders Kristiansen Julie Houmann	21–19, 19–21, 24–22	Winner
2013	Australian Open	Shin Baek-cheol	Irfan Fadhilah Weni Anggraini	14–21, 24–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Chinese Taipei Open	Shin Baek-cheol	Yoo Yeon-seong Eom Hye-won	22–20, 12–21, 21–16	Winner
2013	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Yoo Yeon-seong	Kang Ji-wook Choi Hye-in	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2014	Korea Grand Prix	Shin Baek-cheol	Choi Sol-gyu Shin Seung-chan	Walkover	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Korea International	Kim Mi-young	Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2008	Malaysia International	Kim Mi-young	Bae Seung-hee Park Sun-young	21–13, 15–21, 5–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Chang Ye Na". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
2. "2016 Summer Olympics - Athletes: Chang Ye-Na". www.espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
3. "Athlete Information: Chang Ye Na". universiade2013.sportresult.com. Kazan 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
4. "Wang-Yang win women's doubles title at Badminton World Championships". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
5. "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
6. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
7. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
8. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
9. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Ye Na Jang at the International Olympic Committee
• Chang Ye-Na at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Chang Ye Na at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com