Early career She began to receive intensive badminton training at the Suzhou Junior Sports School, when she was 7 years old. Five years later, she was sent to Nanjing for studies tougher training. The junior already competed in the senior level, and made her senior international debut at the
2013 Vietnam Open. In 2014, she competed at the
Summer Youth Olympics, winning a gold medal in the girls' singles and a bronze in the mixed doubles event.
2013–2015 He Bingjiao started playing at international tournaments in 2013 when she was 16 years of age. She reached the semi-finals of the
Asian Junior Championships where she was defeated by the Thai
Busanan Ongbamrungphan in straight games. She also reached the semi-finals of the
World Junior Championships but was defeated by the Japanese
Aya Ohori. She won the
Vietnam Open by defeating the Indonesian
Hera Desi in straight games by just 21 minutes. At the
2014 World Junior Championships, she avenged her defeat to
Aya Ohori in the World Junior Championships last year, beating her in straight games. However she had to settle for a silver medal after she lost to another Japanese
Akane Yamaguchi in a tightly contested final match of 3 games 21–14, 18–21, 13–21. Her biggest victory came at the
Youth Olympic Games, where she defeated Akane Yamaguchi in yet another difficult match and took revenge of her defeat in World Junior Championships final. She also had a good campaign at the
Bitburger Open, where she defeated prominent opponents like
Michelle Li and
Beiwen Zhang, but finished as runner-up after her defeat against
Sun Yu. In 2015, she won her first title of the year at the
China Masters, defeating
Hui Xirui. She also got a final spot in the
New Zealand Open, but was defeated by Japanese player
Saena Kawakami. She suffered a shocking defeat in the quarter-finals of the
World Junior Championships by
Natsuki Nidaira of Japan. She claimed the
Indonesian Masters title later that year, defeating
Chen Yufei in straight games in the final. Her victories in the tournament included a biggest surprise against two-time World Championship bronze medalist
P. V. Sindhu.
2016 She had one of the greatest tournaments of her career at the
Swiss Open, where she defeated world's top players:
Ratchanok Intanon,
P. V. Sindhu, and
Sun Yu to reach the finals. She defeated
Wang Yihan in a one-sided final match, 21–16, 21–10, and took revenge of her defeat in the All England against her. She claimed her first Superseries title at the
Japan Open, beating Sun Yu in the final. She won the
French Open Superseries thereafter, defeating Beiwen Zhang in a very easy final 21–9, 21–9. She defended her title successfully at the
Bitburger Open, beating
Nitchaon Jindapol in the final. As a result of her outstanding performances, she was qualified for the season-ending
Superseries Finals, where she had satisfactory results. Despite losing to
Tai Tzu-ying and
Sung Ji-hyun, she won against Ratchanok Intanon after Intanon left the match trailing 19–21, 11–10.
2017 She reached the semi-finals of the
Asian Championships after a hard battle against Olympic silver medalist
P. V. Sindhu in the quarter-finals. However, she lost in the semi-finals against
Akane Yamaguchi in straight games, thus winning the bronze medal. She was also the part of the China's Sudirman Cup team that won the silver medal at that tournament after losing to
South Korea in the final. At the
World Championships in
Glasgow,
Scotland, she lost to home favorite
Kirsty Gilmour in the third round in a thrilling match, 14–21, 21–15, 16–21. She failed to defend her title in Japan after losing to Carolina Marín in the final. She was qualified for the
Dubai World Superseries Finals this time too, She took her biggest revenge against Tai Tzu-ying in the World Championships, where she defeated her in the quarter-finals in 3 games 21–18, 7–21, 21–13. With this win, she broke Tai Tzu-ying's nearly seven months' unbeatable record which included 31 straight wins. She had to settle for a bronze medal after getting defeated by
Carolina Marín in yet another three-game clash, 21–13, 16–21, 13–21. She competed at the
Asian Games, where she lost to
Nozomi Okuhara in the round of 16. She had shown her great consistency after reaching the semi-finals of various other tournaments. Although she was qualified, she opted not to take part in the first ever edition of
World Tour Finals in her home country China, citing some injury problems she got during her match against
Sung Ji-hyun in the Hong Kong Open.
2019 At the India Open, she defeated the defending champion
Beiwen Zhang in the quarter-finals and
P. V. Sindhu for the fourth straight time in the next round. but lost in the final to
Ratchanok Intanon in straight games. This was her first defeat against Intanon. She won a silver medal at the Asian Championships following her defeat against
Akane Yamaguchi again. After early losses in Indonesia, Japan and Thailand, she finished as a quarter-finalist in the
World Championships losing out to
Nozomi Okuhara. She got a title victory in Korea Open in 3 years after her last in 2016. In the final, she defeated Ratchanok Intanon even when she was 4 match points down. She had an upsetting campaign at the World Tour Finals, where she was defeated by
Akane Yamaguchi,
Chen Yufei and
P. V. Sindhu. She led against Sindhu in game one with a huge 18–9 lead, but failed to consolidate that lead, and eventually lost the match 19–21, 19–21.
2020–2021 He Bingjiao competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics as the number eight seed in the women's singles. She finished fourth after being defeated by
Chen Yufei in the semi-finals and
P. V. Sindhu in the bronze medal match. She was part of the China's winning team at the
2021 Sudirman Cup. She reached the semi-finals of the
2021 World Championships. However, she lost to
Tai Tzu-ying in three games 17–21, 21–13, 14–21, so she settled for a bronze medal, her second ever medal at the
World Championships.
2022 She started the 2022 season by winning the
German Open and the
Korea Masters, defeating compatriot
Chen Yufei in both finals. Then in October, she claimed back-to-back Super 750 titles, winning the
Denmark Open and the
French Open. As a result of her good performance this season, she qualified for the
World Tour Finals, where she topped the group by beating
Tai Tzu-ying,
Ratchanok Intanon and
Busanan Ongbamrungphan to reach the semi-finals for the first time in her career. However, she was outpowered by Tai Tzu-ying in straight games. Despite this, she still reached a career-high ranking of No.5 at the end of the year.
2024 After clinching the
women's singles silver medal at the
2024 Summer Olympics, she retired from international badminton on 13 August 2024. She was commended for her sportsmanship during the Olympics, notably during the semifinals whilst playing
Carolina Marin, where her opponent injured herself during the second game at 10-5, where Marin was winning. She comforted Marin and gave her practice shots for the next two points before Marin retired. At the victory ceremony, she brought a Spanish flag pin to pay respect to her semi-final opponent. == Achievements ==