Career

In 1997, she came from China to as a 14-year-old and, together with Li Li, Liu Fan and Rong Muxi, were Singapore badminton"s pioneer batch of foreign talent. Xiao was the first of the trio to make a mark internationally, partnering Liu Zhen to victory at the 2001 Hong Kong Open. Her best result in singles was third place at the 2002 Asian Badminton Championships, when she scalped China"s then-world Number 20 Hu Ting.

She quit the national team in 2004 and returned to Fujian Province, China.

Achievements

• That was Singapore"s first win on the Grand Prix circuit, and the duo once climbed as high as 11th in the world. In 2003, she won Singapore first ever women"s badminton team gold at the 2003 Southern Economic Association, USA Games that was held in Vietnam"s Ho Chi Minh City.