Career
One exception came at the 2007 All-Englands where Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen defeated both of these teams to capture the highly coveted title. Her other women"s doubles titles include the China (2001), Singapore (2001, 2007), Denmark (2002, 2004), Thailand (2003), Indonesia (2006), and French (2007) Opens. Wei has medaled four times at the BWF World Championships without "striking gold".
She earned a silver with Zhang Jiewen in 2001, a silver with Zhao Tingting in 2003, a silver with Zhang Yawen in 2006, and a bronze with Zhang Yawen in 2007.
She finished fourth at the 2004 Olympics in Athens with Zhao Tingting. Wei and Zhang earned a bronze medal by defeating Japan"s Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna in the playoff for third place.
In 2008, Wei retired from the national team However, she is still playing by partnering with Gao Ling.
They lost to Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen in the Thailand Open 2009.
