Liu Yutong Explained

Liu Yutong 刘禹彤
Birth Date:	5 March 2004
Birth Place:	Cangzhou, Hebei, China
Coach:	Qu Fuchun
Event:	Women's singles WH2 Women's doubles WH1–WH2 Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
Highest Ranking:	1 (WS 1 January 2019) 1 (WD with Yin Menglu 18 July 2022) 3 (XD with Qu Zimo 6 April 2019)
Current Ranking:	3 (WS) 2 (WD with Yin Menglu) 4 (XD with Qu Zimo)
Current Ranking Date:	1 November 2022

Liu Yutong (born 5 March 2004) is a Chinese para badminton player.^[1] She won gold in para-badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's singles WH2 event. She also won silver in the women's doubles WH1–WH2 event with her partner Yin Menglu.^[2]

Personal life

Liu was born in Cangzhou. In 2009, Liu was involved in a traffic accident which caused her to lose both of her legs. In 2016, she was drafted to the Chinese national wheelchair badminton team.^[3]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Women's singles WH2

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Xu Tingting	21–8, 21–11	Gold
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Li Hongyan	21–12, 21–11	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Pilar Jáuregui	21–8, 21–4	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Zhang Jing	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	7–21, 12–21	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Yin Menglu	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	21–11, 21–15	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Yin Menglu	Fan Chaoyue Li Hongyan	21–14, 21–10	Gold

Mixed doubles

Asian Para Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Xu Tingting	22–20, 21–16	Gold
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Li Hongyan	21–8, 21–10	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Zhang Jing	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	15–21, 22–24	Bronze
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Yin Menglu	Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki	Round robin	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Qu Zimo	Mai Jianpeng Li Hongyan	14–21, 21–18, 21–18	Gold
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Qu Zimo	Yang Tong Li Hongyan	21–7, 21–12	Gold

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Asian Youth Para Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Al Wasl Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Yang Fan	21–14, 21–10	Gold
		Jung Gyeo-ul	21–4, 21–5
		Li Hongyan	21–10, 21–9

International Tournaments (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Xu Tingting	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Li Hongyan	21–5, 21–10	Winner
2019	China Para Badminton International	Xu Tingting	21–16, 21–11	Winner
		Marcela Quinteros	21–6, 21–5
		Li Hongyan	21–11, 21–8
		Amnouy Wetwithan	21–10, 21–5
2019	Japan Para Badminton International	Xu Tingting	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Xu Tingting	21–16, 21–15	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Yin Menglu	Xu Tingting Zhang Jing	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Yin Menglu	Emine Seçkin To Man-kei	21–13, 21–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Qu Zimo	Mai Jianpeng Yin Menglu	21–8, 21–12	Winner
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Qu Zimo	Luca Olgiati Karin Suter-Erath	21–5, 21–10	Winner
2019	China Para Badminton International	Qu Zimo	Zhao Xin Zhang Jing	21–11, 21–12	Winner
			Chan Kun-yi To Man-kei	21–8, 21–5
			Yang Tong Li Hongyan	21–15, 21–11
			Rick Cornell Hellmann Valeska Knoblauch	21–10, 21–9

Notes and References

1. News: Badminton - LIU Yutong . Olympics.com. dead. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828154703/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/badminton/athlete-profile-n1643834-liu-yutong.htm . . 4 September 2021.
2. Web site: 羽毛球——女子双打WH1-WH2级决赛：刘禹彤/尹梦璐获得银牌_东京 . 2022-11-19 . www.sohu.com.
3. Web site: 涓滴细流汇成海——省人防办为帮扶村遭遇车祸脱贫户募捐爱心善款_驻村_刘禹彤_不幸遭遇 . 2022-11-19 . www.sohu.com.