Yeo Jia Min

Yeo Jia Min (Chinese: 杨佳敏; pinyin: Yáng Jiāmǐn; born 1 February 1999) is a Singaporean badminton player.[1] In 2015, she clinched two titles at the Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships in Kudus, Indonesia.[2] She won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, and also part of the national team that won the women's team bronze at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[3] Yeo was ranked World Junior No.1 in the girls' singles event in June 2017.[4] She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games,[5] and at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

Yeo Jia Min
Personal information
CountrySingapore
Born (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999
Singapore
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking16 (7 December 2021)
Current ranking16 (7 December 2021)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
2015 Singapore Women's team
2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
2019 Philippines Women's team
Asian Junior Championships
2017 Jakarta Girls' singles
BWF profile

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Pattarasuda Chaiwan 21–15, 17–21, 17–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[8]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Vietnam Open Super 100 Han Yue 21–19, 21–19 Winner
2019 Hyderabad Open Super 100 An Se-young 12–21, 21–17, 21–19 Winner
2021 Hylo Open Super 500 Busanan Ongbamrungphan 10–21, 14–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

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

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Vietnam Open Ayumi Mine 21–14, 21–17 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Singapore International Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 20–22, 15–21 Runner-up
2018 White Nights Joy Xuan Deng 7–21, 21–13, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Personal life

Yeo was born and raised in Singapore, obtaining citizenship some time prior to the 2013 Asian Youth Games. Yeo's parents are Malaysians and both were Singapore permanent residents as of 2013.[9]

References
  1. "Players: Jia Min Yeo". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. "Jia Min Yeo". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. "Yeo Jia Min". ActiveSG. Singapore Sports Council. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. "Badminton: Singapore's Yeo Jia Min tops world junior ranking". 11 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. "Participants: Jia Min Yeo". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. Mohan, Matthew (7 June 2021). "Badminton: Singapore's Loh Kean Yew and Yeo Jia Min qualify for Tokyo Olympics". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  9. "Future world-beaters". AsiaOne. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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