Yao Lei


Yao Lei is a China-born Singaporean former badminton player. She won the women's doubles silver and mixed doubles bronze at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. She also represented Singapore in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with Shinta Mulia Sari. Her parents Yao Yi Ping and Gu Xiao Jing were both international badminton players. In 2003 as a 13-year-old she emigrated to Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.
Yeo retired from competitive badminton in 2014, citing a lack of passion and drive. Yeo had enrolled at Soochow University in China for a degree in sports training.
In 2018, Yeo had finished her studies. She participated in the 2018 Singapore Badminton Open, pairing with Lim Ming Hui in the women's doubles and Malaysian Tan Boon Heong in the mixed doubles.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Siri Fort Sports Complex,
Delhi, India
Shinta Mulia Sari Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
16–21, 19–21 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Siri Fort Sports Complex,
Delhi, India
Chayut Triyachart Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
21-14–21, 17–21, 21–17 Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium,
Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Shinta Mulia Sari Woon Khe Wei
Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
21–23, 21–17, 17–21 Bronze
2011Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Shinta Mulia Sari Nadya Melati
Vita Marissa
18–21, 17–21 Bronze
2009National Sports Complex,
Vientiane, Laos
Shinta Mulia Sari Chin Eei Hui
Wong Pei Tty
12–21, 11–21 Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Badminton Hall Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex,
Pune, India
Fu Mingtian Xie Jing
Zhong Qianxin
21–19, 21–17 Gold

Asia Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Fu Mingtian Puspita Richi Dili
Debby Susanto
10–21, 17–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Singapore Open Shinta Mulia Sari Kim Min-jung
Lee Hyo-jung
21–17, 22–20 Winner

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Malaysia Masters Shinta Mulia Sari Chin Eei Hui
Wong Pei Tty
18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2011Syed Modi India Open Shinta Mulia Sari Miyuki Maeda
Satoko Suetsuna
21–17, 21–18 Winner
2011Korea Masters Shinta Mulia Sari Eom Hye-won
Jang Ye-na
15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2011Dutch Open Shinta Mulia Sari Duanganong Aroonkesorn
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
10–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2011Vietnam Open Shinta Mulia Sari Anneke Feinya Agustin
Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
21–23, 24–26 Runner-up
2010India Open Shinta Mulia Sari Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
21–11, 9–21, 21–15 Winner
2008Vietnam Open Shinta Mulia Sari Shendy Puspa Irawati
Meiliana Jauhari
16–21, 21–19, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010India Open Chayut Triyachart Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta
21–23, 22–20, 7–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Singapore International Shinta Mulia Sari Fu Mingtian
Vanessa Neo Yu Yan
19–21, 21–15, 21–13 Winner
2011Belgian International Shinta Mulia Sari Mariana Agathangelou
Heather Olver
21–12, 21–18 Winner
2011Kharkiv International Shinta Mulia Sari Sandra Marinello
Birgit Michels
21–17, 18–21, 21–15 Winner
2010Polish International Shinta Mulia Sari Chau Hoi Wah
Chan Tsz Ka
18–21, 21–16, 21–10 Winner
2010Banuinvest International Shinta Mulia Sari Jillie Cooper
Emma Mason
21–8, 21–10 Winner
2009Singapore International Shinta Mulia Sari Kim Jin-ock
Jung Kyung-eun
20–22, 21–18, 20–22 Runner-up
2008Indonesia International Shinta Mulia Sari Shendy Puspa Irawati
Meiliana Jauhari
14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2008Vietnam International Shinta Mulia Sari Liu Fan Frances
Vanessa Neo Yu Yan
15–21, 21–18, 16–21 Runner-up
2008Singapore International Shinta Mulia Sari Devi Tika Permatasari
Nadya Melati
14–21, 21–14, 21–13 Winner
2007Waikato International Liu Fan Frances Shinta Mulia Sari
Vanessa Neo Yu Yan
21–11, 18–21, 21–17 Winner
2007Ballarat International Liu Fan Frances Shinta Mulia Sari
Vanessa Neo Yu Yan
21–14, 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Belgian International Chayut Triyachart Jorrit De Ruiter
Selena Piek
23–25, 21–16, 21–14 Winner
2011Kharkiv International Chayut Triyachart Michael Fuchs
Birgit Michels
18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2010Polish International Chayut Triyachart Andrej Ashmarin
Anastasia Prokopenko
12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2010Banuinvest International Chayut Triyachart Wouter Claes
Nathalie Descamps
21–13, 23–21 Winner
2008Indonesia International Chayut Triyachart Fran Kurniawan
Shendy Puspa Irawati
19–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2008Singapore International Riky Widianto Chayut Triyachart
Shinta Mulia Sari
21–17, 21–18 Winner