Zheng Siwei

Zheng Siwei
郑思维
Zheng at the 2023 Singapore Open
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 27)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking35 (MD with Huang Kaixiang, 8 July 2016)
1 (XD with Chen Qingchen, 22 December 2016)
1 (XD with Huang Yaqiong, 9 August 2018)[1]
Current ranking1 (XD with Huang Yaqiong, 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nanjing Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Basel Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Glasgow Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Copenhagen Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Manila Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Dubai Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Ningbo Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Lima Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Lima Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Lima Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Bangkok Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Zheng Siwei (Chinese: 郑思维; pinyin: Zhèng Sīwéi; born 26 February 1997) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles.[2] He is an Olympic gold medalist, a three-time World Champion and two-time Asian Games gold medalist in the mixed doubles with his current partner Huang Yaqiong.[3][4] He helped the national team clinch the 2018 Thomas Cup and also 2019 and 2023 Sudirman Cups.

Zheng joined the national team in 2013, and excelled in the junior events, collecting four gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the World Junior Championships, also six golds and a silver at the Asian Junior Championships from 2013 to 2015. He also participated in the senior event, winning doubles titles in New Zealand and Brasil Open.[5] For his achievements in 2015, the BWF awarded him the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year.[6]

Zheng achieved his breakthrough in 2016 by achieving the world number 1 ranking in mixed doubles partnering with Chen Qingchen in December 2016. He and Chen reached thirteen Superseries finals, won the year-end tournament Dubai World Superseries Finals in 2016 and 2017, and the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships. He forged a new mixed doubles pairing with Huang Yaqiong in November 2017, started their partnership by winning the China, Hong Kong and Macau Open in consecutive weeks. He again ascended to the mixed doubles world number 1 ranking on 9 August 2018, with the achievement of seven 2018 World Tour titles, and gold medals at the World Championships and Asian Games.[5]

  1. ^ "Rankings: Axelsen, Zheng/Huag occupy rarefied heights". BWF. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ "温籍羽球小将郑思维夺混双冠军 有望排名世界第一" (in Chinese). 温州网. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. ^ "China's Zheng/Huang to defend mixed doubles title at badminton worlds final". Xinhua. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ "China's Zheng and Huang power to gold in Asiad badminton mixed doubles". China Daily. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b "无双 郑思维/黄雅琼在2018赛季收获9个冠军". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 22 December 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev. "Chen, Marin Crowned BWF Players of the Year". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.