Zhou Lei 周雷
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1970-01-25) 25 January 1970
Medal record Women's Badminton Representing  China World Championships 1993 Birmingham Women's doubles 1989 Jakarta Women's doubles World Cup 1989 Guangzhou Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1989 Jakarta Mixed team 1993 Birmingham Mixed team Uber Cup 1990 Tokyo Women's team Asian Games 1990 Beijing Women's team Asian Championships 1992 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles

Zhou Lei (Chinese: 周雷) is a former world level badminton player from China who later coached in the United States.

Career

Primarily a doubles specialist, Zhou's biggest badminton achievement was winning women's doubles at the 1993 IBF World Championships in Birmingham, England with compatriot Nong Qunhua. Zhou also shared women's doubles titles at the French (1989), Swedish (1990), Thailand (1992), and Hong Kong (1992) Opens. In 1989 she was a runner-up at the prestigious All-England Championships and a bronze medalist at the IBF World Championships with Sun Xiaoqing. Zhou was a women's singles runner-up to Tang Jiuhong at the Denmark Open in 1990. She was a member of the world champion Chinese Uber Cup (women's international) teams of 1990 and 1992. After retiring, she first went to coach in Peru. Now, she currently coaches in the US at Z Badminton Training Center in Union City, where she is also the founder and owner of the club.

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