HOU Yifan

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 27 Feb 1994

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.67/5'6''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Chess	Women's Individual	3
	Women's Team CHN China	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 1	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 2	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 3	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 4	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 5	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 6	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 7	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 8	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 9	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 1	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 2	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 3	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 4	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 5	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 6	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 7	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 8	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 9	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Asian Games
1	Women's Individual	2010	Guangzhou, CHN
1	Women's Team	2010	Guangzhou, CHN
World Championship
1	Women's Individual	2016	Lviv, UKR
1	Women's Individual	2013	Taizhou, CHN
17	Women's Individual	2012	Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS
Asian Championships
7	Individual	2009	Subic, PHI

Little Yifan, The Big Headed Doll (chessbase.com, 05 Feb 2009)

Occupation:

Athlete, Professor

International Relations - Peking University, Beijing, CHN

Languages spoken:

English, Mandarin

Hangzhou [People's Republic of China]

Yu Ting [club], CHN

She began playing chess at age six. (chessbase.com, 05 Feb 2009)

She was fascinated by the pieces. "It was a coincidence because none of my family members plays chess, nor was it big in my hometown [Xinghua, People's Republic of China]. I just happened to see a chess board somewhere in the street." (fide.com, 10 Jul 2023; liverpoolecho.co.uk, 04 Sep 2007)

To compete at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (thehour.cn, 12 Apr 2022)

US chess player Bobby Fischer, Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang. (sports.sohu.com, 02 Feb 2012; chessbase.com, 05 Feb 2009)

In 2009 she received the title of Grandmaster from the International Chess Federation [FIDE]. (ratings.fide.com, 30 Oct 2017)

In 2007 she received the title of Woman Grandmaster from FIDE. (ratings.fide.com, 30 Oct 2017)

Additional Information

General
OCCUPATION
In 2020 she was appointed as a professor at the faculty of physical education at Shenzhen University in the People's Republic of China. (sports.sina.com.cn, 24 Oct 2022; Peking University Baijiahao page, 27 Jul 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in public policy at the University of Oxford in England. (Haibao News, 16 Jul 2021)

Milestones

She became the first chess player representing the People's Republic of China to win a gold medal at the Asian Games when she triumphed in the women's individual rapid event at the 2010 Games in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 May 2022)

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event