Cheng Shao-chieh

Cheng Shao-chieh 鄭韶婕
Cheng Shao-chieh in 2011
Personal information
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Born	(1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 39)[1] Taipei, Taiwan[1]
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb; 7.4 st)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	7 (8 September 2011)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Chinese Taipei World Championships 2011 London Women's singles 2005 Anaheim Women's singles Uber Cup 2006 Sendai-Tokyo Women's team Asian Championships 2005 Hyderabad Women's singles 2011 Chengdu Women's singles Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Women's singles 2007 Bangkok Women's singles 2011 Shenzhen Women's doubles 2007 Bangkok Mixed team 2011 Shenzhen Mixed team World Junior Championships 2004 Richmond Girls' singles 2004 Richmond Mixed doubles Asian Junior Championships 2001 Taipei Girls' team 2001 Taipei Girls' doubles 2004 Hwacheon Girls' team
BWF profile

Cheng Shao-chieh (Chinese: 鄭韶婕; pinyin: Zhèng Sháojié; Wade–Giles: Cheng Shao-chieh; born 4 January 1986) is a badminton player from Taiwan.^[1]

Cheng played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for the Republic of China as Chinese Taipei. In women's singles, she defeated Ling Wan Ting of Hong Kong and Jun Jae-youn of South Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Cheng lost to Gong Ruina of China 3–11, 3–11. Later that year, she played in the 2004 World Junior Championships, held in Richmond, Canada, where she won the gold title in girls' singles. She also participated in the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim, California, making it to the semifinals and taking a game from the eventual champion, Xie Xingfang. She achieved a world championship silver medal in 2011 in London. She reached the final, winning all her matches in straight games. In the quarterfinal she beat the then world number 1, Wang Shixian from China, and in the semifinal she outclassed Juliane Schenk from Germany 18 and 6. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she again reached the quarter-finals, qualifying through from group C. She then beat Gu Juan in the second round before losing to Wang Yihan.