Lin Dan

Lin Dan

Nick Name
: N/A
Born
:14 Oct,1983
Age
:35 years, 10 months
Location
:Longyan, Fujian, China
 

About Lin Dan

Lin Dan is a professional badminton player from China. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time world champion, and five-time All England champion. Considered by many to be the greatest singles player of all time,by the age of 28 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all nine major titles in the badminton world: 

  • Olympic Games
  • World Championships
  • World Cup
  • Thomas Cup
  • Sudirman Cup
  • Super Series Masters Finals
  • All England Open
  • Asian Games
  • Asian Championships


He would become the first ever badminton player to complete the Super Grand Slam twice if he wins the Super Series Masters Finals again.

Lin Dan also became the first men's singles player to retain the Olympic gold medal by winning in 2008 and defending his title in 2012.


Lin Dan Achievements

Awards:

Lin won the Eddie Choong Player of the Year award for two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007.He also secured the BWF Best Male Player of the Year in 2008.Lin was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) during the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.On January 16, 2011, he was voted as the 2010 best male athlete in CCTV Sports Personality of the Year for his clean sweep in major badminton titles.


Gold Medal records:

Badminton at the Summer Olympics:

  • Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
  • Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles


BWF World Championships:

  • 2006 IBF World Championships – Men's Singles
  • 2007 IBF World Championships – Men's Singles
  • 2009 IBF World Championships – Men's Singles
  • 2011 IBF World Championships – Men's Singles
  • 2013 IBF World Championships – Men's Singles


Badminton World Cup:

  • 2005 Badminton World Cup Men's singles
  • 2006 Badminton World Cup Men's singles


Thomas Cup:

  • 2004 Thomas & Uber Cup
  • 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup
  • 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup
  • 2010 Thomas & Uber Cup
  • 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup


Sudirman Cup:

  • 2005 Sudirman Cup
  • 2007 Sudirman Cup
  • 2009 Sudirman Cup
  • 2011 Sudirman Cup
  • 2015 Sudirman Cup


Badminton at the Asian Games:

  • Badminton at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's team
  • Badminton at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's singles
  • Badminton at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's team
  • Badminton at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's singles


Badminton Asia Championships:

  • 2010 Badminton Asia Championships Men's singles
  • 2011 Badminton Asia Championships Men's singles
  • 2014 Badminton Asia Championships Men's singles
  • 2015 Badminton Asia Championships Men's singles


East Asian Games:

  • 2009 Hong KongMen's team


World Junior Championships:

  • 2000 IBF World Junior Championships Mixed team


Asian Junior Championships:

  • 2000 Asian Junior Championships Boys' singles
  • 2000 Asian Junior Championships Boys' team


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