Xu Huaiwen
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Xu Huaiwen ,徐怀雯, Xu Huaiwen, ( born August 2, 1975 in Guiyang, Guizhou, China) is a former German badminton player and coach of Chinese origin. Xu himself prefers to " Huaiwen Xu " the German custom spelling of her name.
Career
1994 to 1996, they were each third in the Chinese championships from 1997 to 1998 she was a member of the Chinese badminton team, where the 1.60 m wide right-handed those responsible but appeared too small and was eventually no longer nominated. In 1998 she appeared for the first time at an international tournament, the Thailand Open. As of September 2000, she lived in Germany and first played for VfB Friedrichshafen in the badminton league. This year she also won her first tournament, the BMW Open 2000. 2003 moved Xu 1 BC Bischmisheim and got the same year in November, the German nationality. Her first title for Germany she took at the Finnish International and the Scottish Open 2003. 2004 she took for Germany in the Olympic Summer Games in Athens, where she almost in three sets failed in the first round of the later bronze medalist Zhou Mi of China. In 2004 and 2005 she was German champion in women's singles. At the World Championships in August 2005 in Anaheim, she won the women's singles third in the first World Cup medal ever for the DBV. In the same year she won at the Dutch Open.
At the start of 2006, she won the women's singles on January 8, the Swiss Open in Basel, the third most important European Grand Prix tournament. In the final, it was Zhu Lin opposite. On February 5, the successful defense and thus the third title followed in succession as German Champion in women's singles in straight sets ( 11:2 and 11:9 ) against Petra Overzier. On April 16, 2006, she made it, in 32 years a European title in the women's winning single for the DBV. She won in the final against the second of the Olympic Games in Athens, Mia Audina. In the weekly updated world rankings on 22 June 2006 she won the first player in the history of the DBV the first place. In the Badminton Individual Championships Xu reached the semi-finals in Madrid in 2006, but lost there against Xie Xingfang from the People's Republic of China. On October 29, 2006 Huaiwen Xu won for the fourth time in a row, the final in the women's singles at the Bitburger Open, a 2 * Grand Prix tournament.
On the first weekend in February 2007, Xu successfully defended the title German Champion in women's singles against Juliane Schenk. She also defended together with the team successfully the title of the German badminton champion with the first BC Bischmisheim. End of October 2007, she moved at the club brand from Babolat to Yonex.
On 1 July 2009 she went with her husband to Seattle to begin her studies. It is the way a trainer at The Bellevue Badminton Club in Bellevue near Seattle.
On February 17, 2011 .. the Dutch Badminton Association (Nederlands Badminton Bond) announced on its website announced that Huaiwen Xu gets a contract as Dutch national coach from 1 April 2011 to 31 December 2012 ( The point was international in scope ) After the work for the NBB was finished, Huaiwen Xu moved to Glasgow and trained there national youth selection of Scotland.
Awards
- 2006 Athlete of the Year in Saarland
- 2005 Second in choosing Athlete of the Year in Saarland
- 2008 award of the Silver Laurel leaf
Sporting successes
Trivia
Her mother was active in the sport of basketball as a player and coach. The father of Xu has done the same in volleyball.