Karen Bing Huang (born ) is an Irish badminton player of Chinese origin.
Biography Originally from Shenyang in north eastern China, Bing arrived in Ireland to learn English when she was nineteen. Within six months of her arrival her skill with badminton had her selected to train with the Irish team. She works as a physical therapist and is an Irish resident who never played for China.
Bing won all three possible titles at the national championships in Ireland in 2002. She took two more title wins in 2005. In 2007 she won the Welsh International and the Irish Open, and in 2007 the Slovak International.
Achievements IBF International +Women's doublesYearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult 2006 Latvia International Chloe Magee Helen Reino Piret Hamer –, – Runner-up 2006 Cyprus International Chloe Magee Weny Rahmawati Élodie Eymard 16–21, 21–16, 14–21 Runner-up 2006 Norwegian International Chloe Magee Imogen Bankier Emma Mason 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2007 North Shore City International Chloe Magee Catherine Moody Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung 21–15, 16–21, 21–15 Winner 2007 Welsh International Chloe Magee Sarah Walker Samantha Ward 21–11, 21–14 Winner 2007 Irish International Chloe Magee Mesinee Mangkalakiri Eva Lee 21–15, 9–21, 21–11 Winner 2008 Slovak Open Chloe Magee Anna Narel Natalia Pocztowiak 21–8, 21–13 Winner
+Mixed doublesYearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult 2003 New Zealand International Donal O'Halloran Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith 8–15, 11–15 Runner-up 2003 Italian International Donal O'Halloran Jesper Hovgaard Karina Sørensen 11–15, 15–3, 11–15 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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