Li Yinhui

{{Short description|Chinese badminton player (born 1997)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox badminton player

| name = Li Yinhui
李茵晖

| image = Li Yinhui (CHN).jpg

| caption = Li at German Open 2019

| size = 250 px

| country = China

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|3|11}}

| birth_place = Wuhan, Hubei, China

| height = 1.72 m

| weight =

| retired = January 2022{{cite web |title=李茵晖自曝退役原因:心脏严重过缓 静息心率才37 |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/badmin/2022-02-01/doc-ikyamrmz8584431.shtml |publisher=Sina |date=1 February 2022 |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=zh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329025527/http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/badmin/2022-02-01/doc-ikyamrmz8584431.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2022}}

| years_active =

| handedness = Right

| coach =

| event = Women's & mixed doubles

| highest_ranking = 5 (WD with Du Yue 17 March 2020)
3 (XD with Zhang Nan 24 August 2017)

| date_of_highest_ranking =

| current_ranking =

| date_of_current_ranking =

| played =

| titles =

| medal_templates =

{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Nanjing | Mixed doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Basel | Women's doubles }}

{{MedalCompetition | Sudirman Cup }}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Nanning | Mixed team }}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Gold Coast | Mixed team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asia Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Wuhan | Women's doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Wuhan | Mixed doubles }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asia Mixed Team Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Hong Kong | Mixed team }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Ho Chi Minh | Mixed team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Team Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Alor Setar | Women's team }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Alor Setar | Mixed team }}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Lima | Mixed team }}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 Lima | Girls' doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 Bangkok | Mixed team }}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Alor Setar | Girls' doubles }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Junior Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Taipei | Mixed team }}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Bangkok | Girls' doubles }}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Bangkok | Mixed team }}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Taipei | Girls' doubles }}

| bwfbadminton_id = 82249

| bwf_id = CDE69A0B-8ED7-4984-8024-F1B854905FB4

}}

Li Yinhui ({{zh|s=李茵晖|t=李茵暉|p=Lǐ Yīnhuī}}; born 11 March 1997) is a Chinese retired badminton player.{{cite web|title=Players: Li Yinhui |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/82249/li-yinhui |publisher=Badminton World Federation|access-date=4 December 2016}}{{cite web|title=李茵晖 Li Yin Hui |url=http://www.badmintoncn.com/cbo_star/star_1259.html |publisher=Badmintoncn |access-date=4 December 2016|language=zh}} She won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event partnered with Du Yue.{{cite web | title=亚青赛:国羽揽五金收官 黄凯祥荣膺"三冠王" |url=http://sports.sohu.com/20140223/n395511022.shtml |website=Sohu |access-date=20 January 2017|language=zh}} She and Du Yue then made it to the gold medal 2015.{{cite web |title=小将杜玥李茵晖:比夺冠更美好的是成长 |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/badmin/2015-11-08/doc-ifxkniup6220263.shtml |publisher=Sina |access-date=20 January 2017|language=zh}} Together they won a silver medal at the 2015 BWF World Junior Championships after earning a bronze the previous year. At the 2018 BWF World Championships, Li took a bronze medal in the mixed doubles together with Zhang Nan. {{cite web|url=https://www.faisports.com/blogs/blog.details.php/bwf-world-championships-2018-a-report?blogURL=bwf-world-championships-2018-a-report|title=BWF World Championships 2018 a Report}}

File:Internationaux de France de badminton 2016 - Quarter finals - Women's doubles 06.jpg]]

Career

Li competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Partnered with Du Yue, she finished in the quarter-finals after defeated by the eventual gold medalist Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia in rubber games.{{cite web |title=Badminton - LI Yin Hui |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/badminton/athlete-profile-n1350276-li-yin-hui.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=14 August 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811192131/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/badminton/athlete-profile-n1350276-li-yin-hui.htm |archive-date=11 August 2021}}

Li announced her retirement through her social media account. Chinese media reported that the women's doubles pair Li Yinhui and Du Yue world ranking were removed on 25 January 2022. Based on BWF interview, Li has a complication arising out of pneumonia, which, added to a genetic heart ailment, necessitated constant medication.{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |title=Matters of the Heart – Li Yin Hui's Early Goodbye |url=https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2022/02/11/matters-of-the-heart-li-yin-huis-early-goodbye |publisher=Badminton World Federation |date=11 February 2022 |access-date=29 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329030644/https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2022/02/11/matters-of-the-heart-li-yin-huis-early-goodbye |archive-date=29 March 2022}}

Achievements

= BWF World Championships =

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Fukushima
{{flagicon|JPN}} Sayaka Hirota

| align="left" | 11–21, 17–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2018

| align="left" | Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Nan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Siwei
{{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Yaqiong

| align="left" | 21–19, 12–21, 10–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

= Asian Championships =

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Dongping

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Hye-rin
{{flagicon|KOR}} Yoo Hae-won

| align="left" | 13–21, 17–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2018

| align="left" | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Nan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yilyu
{{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Dongping

| align="left" | 21–18, 18–21, 17–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

= BWF World Junior Championships =

Girls' doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2014

| align="left" | Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Qingchen
{{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Yifan

| align="left" | 11–21, 14–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

style="background:#98FB98"

| align="center" | 2015

| align="left" | Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna, Lima, Peru

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Qingchen
{{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Yifan

| align="left" | 18–21, 21–13, 11–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

= Asian Junior Championships =

Girls' doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2014

| align="left" | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Qingchen
{{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Yifan

| align="left" | 11–21, 18–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

style="background:#AABBCC"

| align="center" | 2015

| align="left" | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Qingchen
{{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Yifan

| align="left" | 21–14, 18–21, 21–18

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

= BWF World Tour (3 titles, 5 runners-up) =

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,{{cite web |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=29 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |archive-date=1 December 2017}} is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is 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.{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |archive-date=13 January 2018}}

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Level

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

align="center" | 2018

| align="left" | Lingshui China Masters

| align="left" | Super 100

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Dongping
{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Wenmei

| align="left" | 21–16, 21–17

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | German Open

| align="left" | Super 300

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Misaki Matsutomo
{{flagicon|JPN}} Ayaka Takahashi

| align="left" | 22–20, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Malaysia Open

| align="left" | Super 750

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Qingchen
{{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Yifan

| align="left" | 14–21, 15–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Thailand Open

| align="left" | Super 500

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shiho Tanaka
{{flagicon|JPN}} Koharu Yonemoto

| align="left" | 19–21, 21–14, 13–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Macau Open

| align="left" | Super 300

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} Jongkolphan Kititharakul
{{flagicon|THA}} Rawinda Prajongjai

| align="left" | 21–16, 10–21, 21–12

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2020

| align="left" | Malaysia Masters

| align="left" | Super 500

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Wenmei
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Yu

| align="left" | 19–21, 21–16, 19–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

align="center" | 2020

| align="left" | All England Open

| align="left" | Super 1000

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Yue

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Fukushima
{{flagicon|JPN}} Sayaka Hirota

| align="left" | 13–21, 15–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Level

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

align="center" | 2018

| align="left" | China Open

| align="left" | Super 1000

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Nan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Siwei
{{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Yaqiong

| align="left" | 16–21, 9–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

= BWF Superseries (3 runners-up) =

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,{{cite web |title=BWF Launches Super Series |url=http://www.badminton.org.au/index.php?id=22&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=136&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2&cHash=26fb36d8a5 |publisher=Badminton Australia |date=15 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006123828/http://www.badminton.org.au/index.php?id=22&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=136&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2&cHash=26fb36d8a5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2007}} was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.{{cite web |title=Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event |url=http://www.ibadmintonstore.com/iBADMINTONstore-News/Yonex-All-England-Elevated-To-BWF-Premier-Super-Se.aspx |publisher=IBadmintonstore |access-date=29 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002005757/http://www.ibadmintonstore.com/iBADMINTONstore-News/Yonex-All-England-Elevated-To-BWF-Premier-Super-Se.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 October 2013}} Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2016

| align="left" | China Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Dongping

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Chang Ye-na
{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee So-hee

| align="left" | 21–13, 14–21, 17–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

style="background:#FFFFCC"

| align="center" | 2016

| align="left" | Hong Kong Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Dongping

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Christinna Pedersen
{{flagicon|DEN}} Kamilla Rytter Juhl

| align="left" | 19–21, 10–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2016

| align="left" | China Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Nan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Tontowi Ahmad
{{flagicon|INA}} Liliyana Natsir

| align="left" | 13–21, 22–20, 16–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

: {{Color box|#DAA520|border=darkgray}} BWF Superseries Premier tournament

: {{Color box|#FFFFCC|border=darkgray}} BWF Superseries tournament

=BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 2 runners-up)=

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 doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2015

| align="left" | Thailand Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Dongping

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Chang Ye-na
{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee So-hee

| align="left" | 20–22, 21–11, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | German Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Dongping

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Fukushima
{{flagicon|JPN}} Sayaka Hirota

| align="left" | 21–15, 17–21, 15–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2016

| align="left" | Malaysia Masters

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Siwei

| align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Tan Kian Meng
{{flagicon|MAS}} Lai Pei Jing

| align="left" | 21–14, 21–19

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#FFFF67"

| align="center" | 2016

| align="left" | New Zealand Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Siwei

| align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Chan Peng Soon
{{flagicon|MAS}} Goh Liu Ying

| align="left" | 19–21, 20–22

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

style="background:#FFFF67"

| align="center" | 2016

| align="left" | Macau Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Nan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|HKG}} Tang Chun Man
{{flagicon|HKG}} Tse Ying Suet

| align="left" | 21–19, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#FFFF67"

| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | Thailand Masters

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Nan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} Dechapol Puavaranukroh
{{flagicon|THA}} Sapsiree Taerattanachai

| align="left" | 21–11, 20–22, 21–13

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#FFFF67"

| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | German Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Nan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Kai
{{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Yaqiong

| align="left" | 22–20, 21–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

: {{Color box|#FFFF67|border=darkgray}} BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

: {{Color box|#D4F1C5|border=darkgray}} BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

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