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Lin Dan

Lin Dan (Chinese: 林丹) (born October 14, 1983, in Longyan (龙岩), Fujian province) is a men's singles badminton player from Fujian, the People's Republic of China. Since 2004, he had been ranked number 1 in the world for two years. As of October 2006, Lin Dan had regained his ranking as No.1 in the world, after a short period of being ranked behind Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. Lin played in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he lost to Ronald Susilo of Singapore in the early rounds. He lost to Taufik Hidayat in the singles final of the 2005 World Badminton Championships. In 2006, Lin won against Bao Chunlai in the finals of the 2006 World Badminton Championships held in Madrid, Spain. In 2005, Lin Dan had defeated Bao in three different Chinese championships: the China Masters, China National Games, and Hong Kong Open. His girlfriend is Xie Xingfang. Each won their respective singles tournament All England 2006 & 2007 in Birmingham, as well as the 2006 IBF World Championships where Lin defeated his compatriot Bao Chunlai to capture his first World Championship title. Major achievements Rank Event Date Venue World Championships 1 Singles 2006 Madrid, ESP 2 Singles 2005 Anaheim, CA, USA Asian Games 1 Team 2006 Doha, QATAR 3 Team 2002 Busan, KOR Thomas & Uber Cup 1 Team 2006 Japan 1 Team 2004 Jakarta, INA World Grand Prix 1 Singles 2007 Yonex All England Super Series 1 Singles 2007 Yonex Korea Open Super Series 1 Singles 2006 Yonex Japan Open 1 Singles 2006 Hong Kong Open 1 Singles 2006 Macau Open 1 Singles 2006 Chinese Taipei Open 1 Singles 2006 Yonex All England Open 1 Singles 2005 Hong Kong Open 1 Singles 2005 China Masters 1 Singles 2005 Yonex Japan Open 1 Singles 2005 German Open 1 Singles 2004 China Open 1 Singles 2004 German Open 1 Singles 2004 Realkredit Denmark Open 1 Singles 2004 Yonex All England Open 1 Singles 2004 Swiss Open 1 Singles 2003 China Open 1 Singles 2003 Hong Kong Open 1 Singles 2003 Realkredit Denmark Open 1 Singles 2002 Noonnoppi Korea Open 2 Singles 2006 Proton Eon Malaysia Open 2 Singles 2005 Proton Eon Malaysia Open 2 Singles 2005 Yonex All England Open 2 Singles 2003 German Open 3 Singles 2006 China Open 3 Singles 2006 German Open 3 Singles 2006 China Masters 3 Singles 2005 Aviva Singapore Open 3 Singles 2004 Djarum Indonesia Open 3 Singles 2004 Yonex Japan Open 3 Singles 2002 All England Open Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Show/Hide comments Write comment Show/Hide comment form Name Email Website Title Comment Write the displayed characters Add Comment Copyright 2007. All Rights Reserved.

 

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