Badminton: Yang Yang Badminton

Who is Yang Yang?

What is the Brand Yang Yang?

History

Yang Yang is was born December 9th 1963 in China. He is a former Chinese badminton player. He started playing badminton in 1975 when he was 12 years old and begun his badminton training. He was recruited by the Chinese National team in 1983. In 1984 he won his first Chinese national championship title. In the following year, 1985, he won the Hong Kong open defeating the formidable, Morten Frost. The following year, 1986, not only did he come back to Hong Kong to defend his title of Hong Kong Open Champion, he also conquered the Japan Open and help China regain the prestigious Thomas Cup from Indonesia by winning key matches.

During the late 80's he dominated the international stage in singles play and winning the World Championships over Morten Frost in 1987.

Badminton was on exhibition at the Olympic event in Seoul in 1988 which Yang Yang also won and it was from then on Badminton was recognised as a Olympic Sport. With all these achievements to top off the cake, 1989 he added the All-England Championships to his list of achievements. At the age of 25 there is no other title by legend that should be associated with this name.

He is one of two badminton players in the world to have won two World Badminton Championships consecutively.

Chinese Badminton

Yang Yang was the start of Chinese domination in badminton, the great names of Xiong GuoBao, Zhao JianHua and Yang Yang were feared internationality. The formidable Zhao JianHua today has been recgonised as the greatest player to ever hold a badminton racket. Needless to say during their time, Zhao JianHua was only playing number 3 in the Chinese team, Xiong GuoBao the GranPrix Champion played number 2 and Yang Yang needless to say was playing Number 1.

These three players in my own opinion were the greatest players badminton has seen today and are still remembered till this day by all badminton players. To play badminton and have not seen these 3 play, to them I say "you don't know what your missing out on".

Yang Yang Later Years

As in most sports, athletes retire at a considerably young age. In 1991, Yang Yang retired as a player and started coaching in Malaysia. Who would of thought the next year, he guided Malaysia to it's first Thomas Cup Victory in 25 Years. He then finally started the brand we all know as Yang Yang, putting his reputation on the line for a product he stands for.

Yang Yang (The Brand)

Yang Yang saw potential for a high quality badminton equipment, however for high quality equipment you need to pay top dollar, Yang Yang challenged this and created his own brand. Affordable top of the line badminton equipment.

Yang Yang puts his name on the line, he did not make another name for his line of rackets, he used the world recognised name Yang Yang. His reputation is on the line. Unlike other brands such as Yonex, Yang Yang is a dedicated Badminton Specialist that manufactures top quality products that are just as good as the market leaders for more affordable prices.

This Blog

I feel as if the Yang Yang brand should be more known to the world, it does not receive the recognition it should. Many badminton players always just go for brands that are well known such as Yonex and Li Ning. But I believe Yang Yang products are just as good. I have been playing badminton for a little over 7 Years, and I have been using Yang Yang since.

This Blog will give reviews on Yang Yang Rackets and equipment. I will do my very best to explain technology involved. This Blog will also do reviews on other products from different brand also.

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Article Writer: Ray Chan

Date Written: October 15 2011

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Yang_(badminton)

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