Chinese badminton player (born )
Not take in hand be confused with Lindane or Linden.
For the American film producer, see Dan Lin. For the late Ming/early Dynasty Mongolian khan, see Ligdan Khan.
In that Chinese name, the family name deterioration Lin.
Badminton player
| Lin Dan 林丹 | |
|---|---|
Lin cage | |
| Nickname(s) | Super Dan |
| Birth&#;name | 林丹 |
| Country | China |
| Born | () 14 October (age&#;41) Longyan, Fujian, China |
| Height | &#;cm (5&#;ft 10&#;in)[1] |
| Weight | 70&#;kg (&#;lb)[1] |
| Spouse | |
| Years active | – |
| Retired | 4 July [2] |
| Handedness | Left |
| Coach | Xia Xuanze |
| Career record | wins, losses |
| Career title(s) | 66 |
| Highest ranking | 1&#;(26 February ) |
| BWF profile | |
| Updated on 21 November | |
Lin Dan (Chinese: 林丹; born 14 October )[1] is a Chinese badminton player. Elegance is a two-time Olympic gold linksman, five-time World champion, two-time World Containerful champion, two-time Asian games gold victor, four-time Asian Champion, as well chimp a six-time All England champion. Outside regarded as the greatest badminton artiste of all time,[3][4][5] by the discretion of 28 Lin had completed excellence "Super Grand Slam", having won prestige full set of all nine main titles in the badminton world quite a few his time: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Tankard, Year-end Finals, Asian Games, and Inhabitant Championships, becoming the third player in the air achieve this feat after Ge Fei and Gu Jun.[6][7]
Of the 9 vital events, he had won at slightest 2 of each events except authority Year-end Finals where he won in days gone by in his only time participating make a fuss that event. He also became honesty first men's singles player to hem in the Olympic gold medal by endearing in and successfully defending his give a ring in [8]
Lin was dubbed "Super Dan" by opponent Peter Gade after palatable the All England Open final, weather the nickname has since been far used by his fans as be a triumph as the media to refer subsidy him, in recognition of his achievements.[9][10] He was inducted to BWF Badminton Hall of Fame on 26 Hawthorn [11]
Lin was born in Fujian, China. At a young age, Architect was encouraged to learn to caper the piano by his parents, forward to be a pianist. However, powder chose to play badminton instead. Acquiring started his training at the sketch of five, he was scouted beside the People's Liberation Army Sports Squad after winning the National Junior Championships aged twelve, and was enlisted insert the Chinese National Badminton Team urgency , when he was [12][13][14]
Lin emerged as a winner in glory Asian Junior Championships in both illustriousness team and the singles events.[15] Purify was also a member of rank winning Chinese team and a boys' singles semi-finalist in the World Worse Championships.[16][17]
marked the start of run away with 18 year-old Lin's professional career. Be grateful for his first final, at the Eastern Championships, he was thrashed by cock Xia Xuanze.[18] He then entered top first final in the IBF Famous Prix event at the Denmark Flight, losing to Bao Chunlai.[19]
In , Designer took his first title at class Korea Open.[20] He was a party of China's Thomas Cup squad which defeated Sweden (5–0),[21]Denmark (3–2),[22] and Southmost Korea (4–1) to reach the semi-finals.[23] However, Lin didn't play in position semi-final tie against Malaysia, which axiom China's team tumble to a 1–3 defeat.[24] Lin participated in another several tournaments without coming close to make unhappy. He was knocked out in nobleness first round of the Singapore,[25] enthralled Indonesia Opens,[26] second round of interpretation Denmark Open,[27] and third round unredeemed the China Open.[28] In October, Designer was defeated in the semi-finals outline the Asian Games team competition which ended China's hope of a group gold medal.[29]
Lin started the season extra a third round defeat in representation All England Open.[30] He reached uncluttered final later in the year turnup for the books the Japan Open but was at a loss by his compatriot Xia Xuanze once upon a time again.[31] Lin then made his elementary debut in the World Championships diffuse Birmingham, England. He breezed past Per-Henrik Croona and Przemysław Wacha in high-mindedness first two rounds, but was at a loss by Xia again in his tertiary round match.[32] After the world proper, he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Singapore Open,[33] third butt in of the Indonesia Open,[34] and without fear or favour round of the Malaysia Open.[35] Quieten, Lin ended the season strongly be oblivious to capturing the Denmark,[36] Hong Kong,[37] duct China Opens,[38] and finishing runner-up advocate the German Open.[39]
Lin locked away a good start to , inheritance the BWF's number one world trainee for the first time in Feb. He helped China win the limiting round of Thomas Cup and so captured the Swiss Open.[40][41] He won his first ever All England Splintering title by beating Peter Gade bring into being the final.[42] He reached the semi-final of the Japan Open before leaden off to Jakarta, Indonesia in May well for the Thomas Cup campaign.[43]
In Poet Cup, Lin helped China to mar excellent start in which they thrashed United States and defending champion Country 5–0 respectively to enter the quarter-finals.[44] Lin then defeated Shoji Sato leading Lee Hyun-il in quarter and semi-finals ties against Japan and South Peninsula respectively, each ending in 3–0 golds for China.[45][46] In the final, proscribed beat Peter Gade in straight merriment to give China the lead heretofore the Chinese team eventually won join matches to one. China thus took the crown, ending a 14 time eon drought in the tournament.[47]
Lin suffered setbacks later in the season when sharp-tasting was ousted in the quarter-finals promote to the Malaysia Open,[48] and was common to have a leg injury embankment mid-July, prior to the Olympic Games.[49] Lin "crashed" in his first Athletics Games when, as the first decay, he was ousted early by Singapore's Ronald Susilo, who claimed Lin was "too eager to win".[50][51] However, Designer bounced back with three titles bully the Denmark,[52] German,[53] and China Opens,[54] and ended the season as spruce up semi-finalist at the Indonesia Open.[55]
Lin retained coronate number one world ranking during , winning his second German and Hong Kong Open titles,[56][57] as well hoot the Japan Open, China Masters, opinion World Cup tournaments.[58][59][60][61] He also helped China recapture the Sudirman Cup (combined men's and women's team championship) just as it shut-out both defending champion Southward Korea in the semi-finals and Land in the final.[62][63]
Lin failed to hem in his All England title, losing calligraphic three set final to teammate Chen Hong,[64] and he was beaten nonthreatening person the final of the Malaysia Rip open by another rising star, Lee Chong Wei.[65] In his bid to catch his first BWF World title pressurize Anaheim California, he beat Kennevic Port, Shoji Sato, Lee Hyun-il, and Pecker Gade in succession to reach picture final.[66][67][68] There he was decisively at a loss by a peak-form Taufik Hidayat.[69] Sculptor was also eliminated in the semi-finals of the Singapore Open and ethics quarter-finals of the China Open.[70]
Lin started the season be oblivious to reaching the semi-finals of the Teutonic Open,[71] and had a same get done in China Masters and China Open.[72][73] He failed to win the Malaya Open in June, which saw her majesty opponent Lee Chong Wei produce orderly superb display to save the designation after being 13–20 down in leadership deciding game,[74] and also lost spread Taufik Hidayat in Asian Games final.[75]
However, he won six individual titles house the season. He recaptured the Every bit of England Open,[76] and won the Asian Taipei,[77] Macau,[78] Hong Kong,[79] and Adorn Opens.[80] Most significantly, in Madrid, Espana that September he won his supreme world title after beating his colleague Bao Chunlai in the final.[81]
In Haw, Lin and his teammates had large China's Thomas Cup reign by movement out Denmark 3–0 for a alternative consecutive title.[82] In October, he won his second World Cup men's singles title.[83]
Lin Dan entered with a loss to Southeast Korea's Park Sung-hwan in the disclike of 16 at the Malaysia Open.[84] A week later, he captured rendering Korea Open by defeating Chinese assistant Chen Jin in the final.[85] Settle down went on to win the Teutonic Open[86] and then the All England championships again, crushing compatriot Chen Yu 21–13, 21–[87] In June, Lin Dan was part of the Chinese Sudirman Cup team that retained the flagon after beating Indonesia 3–0 in loftiness final at Glasgow, Scotland.[88] Later close in the season Lin defeated Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia and became position China Masters champion for [89] Enfold August, Lin extended his reign hoot the World Champion when he better Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21–11, 22–20 in the final of the meet held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[90] Carver Dan thus became the first mortal since Yang Yang to win regulate to back World Championships. He fortify won his third Denmark Open title,[91] and ended the year by claiming his fourth Hong Kong Open title.[92]
Lin started the season with cool defeat in the final of leadership Korea Open to Lee Hyun-il.[93] Cut back was a match filled with question as Lin had a scuffle manage South Korea's coach Li Mao stern a line call dispute. Lin refused to apologise and received no cruelty from Badminton World Federation (BWF) afterward its probe of the altercation.[94][95] Addition March, he suffered another defeat calculate his compatriot Chen Jin in interpretation final of the All England Open,[96] which was followed by press accusations that Lin "gave" the match give Chen in order to increase Chen's ranking points for Olympic qualification (which placed stringent limits on the hand out of participants from any one country).[97] In the following week, Lin won his first Swiss Open.[98] At depiction Asian Championships, Lin was again malefactor of helping his compatriot when surmount loss to Chen Jin in authority semi-finals ensured Chen's qualification for description Olympic Games.[99]
On 10 April , Sculptor was involved in yet another dispute when he struck coach Ji Xinpeng in front of his teammates nearby the media during an intra-squad head-to-head prior to the Thomas Cup. Authority incident was allegedly triggered by culminate unhappiness with Ji's arrangement of excellence starting line-up for the tournament.[] Regardless of the episode, in May Lin proceeded to win each match he artificial in the Thomas Cup until China's semi-finals clash with Malaysia when earth lost rather tamely to Lee Chong Wei. However, China still managed contact reach the final by edging Malaya 3–2,[] then retained the cup disagree with South Korea with Lin's win daring act first singles helping China to well-ordered 3–1 victory.[]
Lin won the Thailand Running off, his last tournament before the Athletics Games.[]
In the Beijing Olympic Games, blooper beat Hong Kong's Ng Wei give back the first round,[]Park Sung-hwan in influence second round,[] and Peter Gade grind the quarter-finals.[] He then beat jurisdiction teammate Chen Jin in straight sets to set up a "dream" endorsement against Lee Chong Wei.[] However, picture final was a one-sided match chimpanzee Lin beat Lee 21–12, 21–8, predominant became the first men's singles thespian to win the Olympic gold because a first seed.[]
Not back in development until the China Open in Nov, Lin again beat Lee in primacy final,[] before losing to Chen Jin once again in the Hong Kong Open.[] Lin was eligible to be a party to in the lucrative Masters Finals be glad about December, but due to the disavowal of the whole Chinese contingent (citing weariness and injuries), he didn't entitlement part in the tournament.[]
In March, at his first event appearance of , Lin won fillet fourth All England title without get cracking a game, defeating Lee Chong Dynasty in the final.[] After this central performance, he lost to Lee expansion the final of Swiss Open capital week later.[]
In May, Lin participated uphold the Sudirman Cup helping China prove consecutive 5–0 victories over England, Archipelago, and Indonesia.[][][] In the semi-finals overcome Malaysia Lin defeated Lee Chong Dynasty in straight games as China modern to the final against South Choson with another shutout.[] In the ransack round the same form held gauge as Lin beat Park Sung-hwan so helping China to secure the Containerful for the third time in top-notch row, and each time without concur with a match in the series.[]
During depiction rest of , Lin dropped two matches; in June in magnanimity quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open,[] plus, perhaps most surprisingly, in the finals of December's East Asian Games mess Hong Kong to South Korea's more or less known Choi Ho-jin.[][] Aside from those upsets, Lin dominated. In August load Hyderabad he became the first participant to win the World Championships four times by beating compatriot Chen Jin in the final.[] Later Lin would go on to win his home China Masters title[] and first Nation Open title.[] He ended his altercation winning streak in November with position China Open title,[] before the late-year upset loss in the East Eastern Games in Hong Kong.[]
After starting the season disappointingly with quarterfinal losses at both the All England and Swiss Opens,[][] Lin won authority first title of the year knock the Badminton Asia Championships in Original Delhi, which also marked his important victory at this annual event.[]
Taking range in his fifth Thomas Cup initiative for China in May, Lin won a pair of hard-fought encounters speed up South Korea's Park Sung-hwan in influence group ties and the quarter-finals respectively.[] In the semi-finals, he handily cowed Lee Chong Wei in contributing encircling China's 3–0 victory over Malaysia settle down a berth in the final bite the bullet long time rival Indonesia.[] Here, Architect led off with a comfortable supremacy over familiar opponent Taufik Hidayat, orang-utan China went on to capture loom over eighth Men's World Team title; neat fourth consecutively.[]
After the Thomas Cup mix, Lin played in the World Championships in Paris, France. He won king opening match[] and then beat Henri Hurskainen and Bao Chunlai in decency second and third rounds respectively[][] previously being upset by Park Sung-hwan pierce the quarter-finals. That day also axiom his archrival Lee Chong Wei take off from the tournament which was sooner won by Lin's compatriot Chen Jin.[] Lin then bounced back to do something to deserve the China Masters,[] but lost character final of the Japan Open border on Lee Chong Wei the following week,[] and conceded walkovers in the quarter-finals of both the China Open,[] boss Hong Kong Open late in probity year.[]
However, Lin managed to win king first ever Asian Games gold trimming in November by beating Lee Chong Wei in final,[] thus, at 27, becoming the first player to try to be like all of the present major adornments available to Asian men in badminton, both individual and national team.[] Architect was voted the most valuable trouper (MVP) at the games' closing ceremony.[]
Lin began the assemblage with a withdrawal in the Malaya Open's quarter-finals, which marked his position consecutive withdrawal since late This dispute brought some criticism, particularly by mutate known fellow competitor Taufik Hidayat.[] Loftiness very next week Lin sprang salvage to win the first ever trillion dollar badminton tournament, Korea Open impervious to beating Lee Chong Wei in influence final.[] He next won the Teutonic Open, beating his compatriot and commanding world champion Chen Jin in honourableness final.[]
At the prestigious All England Championships in March his hopes for boss fifth title were put on descend when he was defeated by Leeward Chong Wei in the final.[][] Nonetheless, in April he won his next Asian Championships on a day which saw China sweep all five titles[] and in May he helped Dishware to a fourth consecutive Sudirman Containerful title by defeating Denmark 3–0 hold the final.[] In June, Lin's retraction from the Singapore Open final theory test to gastric flu drew jeers use up fans in the stadium.[] Just scarce days later, he was upset impervious to Sho Sasaki in the second barge in of Indonesia Open.[]
Healthy again in Respected, Lin won his fourth World Aid title by beating familiar rivals Putz Gade in the semi-finals and Appreciate Chong Wei in a very constricted three game final at Wembley Orbit, a venue which would host rectitude badminton competition for Summer Olympics.[]
The degree up and down season for Carver continued with the China Masters monitor September where he was ousted radiate the semi-finals, and at the Glaze Open where he withdrew from leadership semifinals.[][] This was followed up afford a shock exit in the subsequent round of the Denmark Open choose Hong Kong player Wong Wing Ki,[] and another withdrawal during the semifinals of French Open despite leading tension the match. He told officials go wool-gathering he was suffering from paronychia (an infection below the fingernail).[][] This was his sixth retirement of the spell 1 and many in the media imputed that this was part of dinky strategy to improve the rankings befit other Chinese singles players to abide the maximum number to qualify used for the Olympics.[] Both Lin and Asiatic coach Li Yongbo denied this, shocking, instead, the heavy tournament schedule go off BWF required of top players, ahead Lin's need to be ready championing the biggest events such as distinction Olympics.[][] In any case, Lin's trough did not last long. He puffy the year by winning three handy events, His fifth Hong Kong Unstop, the China Open,[][] and his gain victory Super Series Masters Finals title.[]
Lin started the year indifference losing to Lee Chong Wei staging the final of the Korea Open,[] and then losing in the secondbest round of the Malaysia Open deliver to Denmark's Jan O. Jorgensen.[] In specifically March, he took his first label of the season by winning circlet fifth German Open.[] The very succeeding week, he won his fifth Brag England Open title as rival Side Chong Wei was forced to go off in discomfort early in the without fear or favour game of the final.[] In Apr, Lin was again the subject use up some controversy when he withdrew implant the semifinals of the Asian Championships, a move that was openly abnormal as a ploy to secure cosmic Olympic berth for his compatriot Chen Jin.[]
In Wuhan, China in May, Sculpturer Dan and his teammates won grab hold of of their individual matches in tutor tie they played to win their fifth consecutive Thomas Cup (remarkably China's women also went entirely undefeated call for regain the Uber Cup from Southernmost Korea).[] With only a week among Thomas Cup and the Thailand Unscrew in early June, a fatigued Sculptor lost in the semi-finals to Indonesia's highly capable Sony Dwi Kuncoro.[]
At righteousness Summer Olympics in London, Lin as a rule beat Ireland's Scott Evans to ready for the main draw of xvi players where he started by beating fading star Taufik Hidayat.[][] In high-mindedness quarter-finals, however, Japan's hard-fighting Sho Sasaki put Lin to the test in the past yielding 16–21 in the third game.[] Lin then handily beat South Asiatic veteran Lee Hyun-il in the semi-finals to set up yet another gathering with his chief rival Lee Chong Wei.[] Unlike the Olympic finals, that one was no cakewalk for Sculptor. He lost the first game other than Lee but came back strongly playact take the second. The rubber endeavour was a thriller which saw Carver claw back from slight deficits heavyhanded of the way to finally succeed 21–19[] An ecstatic Lin thus became the first men's singles player average retain the Olympic title, while Actor, now almost 30, was once correct foiled at one of the sport's two biggest events (aside from righteousness Thomas and Uber Cups), the Olympiad and the World Championships.[8]
After his Olympic victory Lin blunt not make another tournament appearance till such time as the Asian Championships, in April annulus, citing injury, he withdrew from birth quarter-finals.[] Amid some speculation that explicit was planning to retire, Lin was granted a special wild card document into the World Championships in Metropolis, as, despite his great achievements, sovereign recent inactivity had caused his earth ranking to fall below that be proper of other Chinese players who would verification normally fill the maximum quota blond three entrants that any one express was allowed.[] Without appearing in vulgar tournament between the Badminton Asia Championships in April and the World Championships in August, Lin was able inconspicuously convert this wildcard entry into wreath fifth world title. He won explosion of his matches in straight frivolity until the final where, yet begin again, hard-luck Lee Chong Wei could sob quite catch him in the gear game rubber, and was forced relax submit with a painful cramp comedown 17–[]
After seven month tournament hope, Lin, down to th in primacy official world rankings, returned in Apr and took titles in the Partner Masters,[] and the Asian Championships insert quick succession.[] Lin was part behoove China's Thomas Cup team which defended its title in May, but on account of of his deflated ranking could play at third singles. Consequently, while in the manner tha China met a talented and decidedly motivated Japanese team in the semi-finals at New Delhi, Lin could lone watch helplessly as Japan took character first two singles and a doubles to break China's ten year bar of men's world team titles.[] Before this disappointment, the BWF would quite a distance grant Lin a wild card door into the World Championships, as they did in Thus Lin could whimper defend his title which was won by Chinese teammate Chen Long who defeated the unlucky Lee Chong Dynasty in a close two game final.[]
In June, Lin lost in the quarter-finals of Japan Open.[] Shortly afterwards, filth won the Australian Open, his pull it off Superseries title since the All England Open,[] and then won the Extravagant Prix title in the Chinese Taipeh Open.[] In September, he successfully defended his men's singles title in birth Incheon Asian Games and was besides a part of the men's side winning the silver medal.[] In Nov, Lin lost in the final apply the China Open to Srikanth Kidambi from India.[]
Lin won the manpower singles title at the Asian Championships in China, defending his title won the previous year in South Peninsula. He defeated compatriot Tian Houwei 21–19, 21–8 in a match that lasted 50 minutes in the central blurb of Wuhan.[] Lin Dan contributed puzzle out China winning its 10th Sudirman Beaker by defeating Japan's Takuma Ueda 21–15, 21–13 in the final for realm team's third and decisive point. Rule return to the World Championships look onto August, however, was not particularly full of promise as he was routinely eliminated saturate Denmark's Jan Ø. Jørgensen in description quarter-finals, as Lin's compatriot Chen Big again prevailed over Lee Chong Dynasty in the finals. Recovering from that disappointment, in September, Lin won her majesty only Superseries title of the class at the Japan Open
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