Liang Xiaoyu

Liang Xiaoyu (; born 11 January 1996) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former badminton player. She is a one-time Olympian and a former national champion.

Early life Liang was born on 11 January 1996, in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. She started playing badminton at a very young age under the influence of her father, a badminton trainer. She began to receive professional badminton training at the age of 7, and later became the champion of the Jiangsu's province junior team. Liang migrated to Singapore with his parents at the age of 10 and became a Singapore citizen in 2011.

Career Liang is a former national champion, having won the women's singles title at the 2012 edition.

Liang was part of the mixed team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She represented Singapore at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, where she finished joint 9th in the singles and mixed event. She also clinched a women’s team bronze at the 2011, 2015 and 2017 Southeast Asian Games. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Awards Liang received the 2017 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2014 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan Chen Yufei 10–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix 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 singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2015 Thailand Open Sung Ji-hyun 11–21, 14–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2012 Malaysia International Lyddia Cheah 17–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2015 Malaysia International Dinar Dyah Ayustine 21–11, 21–13 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament