Huaiwen Xu

Right-handed Huaiwen Xu was born in China and represented Germany as a badminton player at the 2004 Athens and the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. Unfortunately, she had to play to #3 seed Chinese player Thou Mi 11:9, 5:11 and 2:11 and was eliminated in the first round in 2004. Four years later she reached the quarterfinals and lost to #1 Chinese Xie Xingfang very close 19:21 and 20:22.

Xu started her career in China as a member of the national team from 1997-98. She moved to Germany in 2000 and was awarded the German citizenship in 2003. She played with VfB Friedrichshafen (2000-03) and 1. BC Bischmisheim (2004-08) in Germany. With Bischmisheim, she won the German national team titles 2006-08. In 2004-08 she won the German national titles in women’s singles.

Internationally, Xu won the bronze medal in women’s singles in 2005 and 2006 at the World Championships. At European Championships, she gained the gold medal in women’s singles in 2006 and 2008. She also won several international tournaments in women’s singles, including the Bitburg Open in 2000, 2003-06; the Polish Internationals in 2003, the Finnish Internationals in 2003, the Austrian Internationals in 2003, the Scottish Open in 2003, the Spanish Internationals in 2003, the Giraldilla Internationals in 2003, the Belgian Internationals in 2005, the Greece Internationals in 2005, the Dutch Open in 2005, the Swiss Open in 2006, and the Copenhagen Masters in 2007.

In 2009, she moved to the United States to study. In 2011, she became national coach of the Netherlands until 2012 and then took over the national youth coach job with the Scottish national team.