Tai Tzu-Ying

Tai Tzu-ying is, to me, one of the most artistically gifted athletes badminton has ever produced. Reaching world number one at 22 and holding it for 214 weeks, the longest in BWF women's singles history, is staggering on paper, but what I actually admire is her deceptive, almost playful style on court. She made opponents look a step slow with disguise and touch rather than raw power. The 2020 Olympic silver from Tokyo sits in a career that already had Asian Games and Asian championship titles. Out of Kaohsiung, she elevated Taiwanese badminton's profile enormously. I think of her as a shotmaker first, a winner second.

Name (English)

Tai Tzu-Ying

Name (Japanese)

戴資穎

Reading

たい・つーいん

Born

June 20, 1994 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Height

163 cm

Occupation

badminton player / Olympic competitor

High school

Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School

University

University of Taipei

Awards & achievements

• 2020 Olympic silver medal
• 2022 Asia's Most Influential Taiwan
• 2021 Asia's Most Influential Taiwan
• Asian champion
• Asian Games champion

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tai_tzuying/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%B4%E8%B3%87%E7%A9%8E

Tags

• badminton player
• Olympic competitor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.