Tai Tzu-ying is a female badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player from Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

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In 2011, she won the title of Taiwanese ranking competition when she was only 16 years and 6 months old, being the youngest No.1 in Taiwan badminton history. She recently studies in Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School

Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School

The Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School is a high school in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The school recruits mostly male students in regular, except for music classes and gymnastic classes. It is near to the kaohsiung railway station...

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Tai was the finalist at the 2010 Singapore Super Series

2010 Singapore Super Series

The 2010 Singapore Open Super Series is a top level badminton competition which was held from June 15, 2010 to June 20, 2010 in Singapore. It is the fifth BWF Super Series competition on the 2010 BWF Super Series schedule. The total purse for the event is $200,000.-Seeds:# Lee Chong Wei# Peter...

, she won her first international title at the 2011 US Open Grand Prix Gold at the age of 17.

Early years

Tai’s father is a fire fighter and the director of Kaohsiung city’s badminton committee.
His favorite activity in spare time is playing badminton. Tai started playing badminton as three grader in elementary school. She won the title in the nation-wide second division game, and got the access to participate the first division’s games. Furthermore, she was the youngest player to compete in the first division.

2009

In 2009, tai, 15, began to compete in international games. She was the runner-up in her first game, Vietnam Open. On July, she represented Kaohsiung City to play in the National Games and went into the quarter final. In the same month, she signed up for Asian Youth Badminton Tournament (Malaysia) and became the runner-up. On December, Tai played East Asian Games

East Asian Games

The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Games Association and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia , as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National...

on the behalf of Chinese Taipei and won one silver and one cooper medal.