Chen Long

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Character Introduction

Chen Long, born on 18 January 1989 in Shashu City, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, is a Chinese badminton player who won the gold medal in the men’s singles of the badminton event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He is married to fellow badminton player Wang Shixian.

In 1996, he entered the Jingzhou Children’s Sports School; in 2000, he entered the Xiamen team, and due to his physical fitness and strength, he got the best result of the top eight in the country during his teenage years; in 2005, he was selected as a member of the National Youth Team, and after three times of substitute training in the Chinese Youth Team, Chen Long entered the second team of the national team on 9 June 2006, and thus stepped into the door of the national team.

In July 2007, Chen Long won the runner-up of Men’s Team and Men’s Singles Championship in Asian Junior Badminton Championships, and won the Men’s Team and Men’s Singles Championship in World Junior Badminton Championships in November of the same year, and in March 2008, he was selected into the First Team of China National Badminton Team.

In November 2010, Chen Long represented China to compete in the Men’s Team Event of the Guangzhou Asian Games and won the gold medal.

In December 2010, Chen Long knocked out Park Sung-hwan and Chen Jin in the Men’s Singles event of the China Badminton Open, and then beat his teammate Bao Chunlai 2-1 (9-21, 21-14, 21-16) in the final, winning the Badminton Super Series for the first time; and his personal world ranking in the Badminton World Federation has also risen to the fourth place, which is a new high in his career.

In 2012, Chen Long represented China to compete in the Men’s Singles event of the Olympic Badminton Games held in London, England. Finally, he defeated Lee Hyun-Il of South Korea in the third-place match with a set score of 2-1 (21-15, 15-21, 21-15) to win his first bronze medal of the Olympic Games.

In May 2013, Chen Long was selected as the final line-up of the Chinese team for the Sudirman Cup held in Malaysia and played all five matches as the main player of the men’s singles. He played steadily from the group stage to the final, winning all five matches without losing a single set, and eventually helped the Chinese team to successfully defend the title.

In August 2014, Chen Long participated in the World Badminton Championships held in Copenhagen, Denmark, playing in the Men’s Singles event as the No.2 seed. In the final, Chen Long-faced the top seed, Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. The two had met 17 times in international matches before, with Lee holding a slight advantage with 9 wins and 8 losses. As a result, after an hour and eight minutes of hard fighting, Chen Long narrowly defeated Lee Chong Wei with two 21-19 victories to win the World Championships singles title for the first time, and the Chinese team also realized the 7th consecutive title in the men’s singles of the World Championships.

On 12 December 2014, the 2014 Badminton World Cup Super Series Finals came to an end in Dubai, with Chen Long sweeping Vitingas 2-0 in the Men’s Singles Final. With the 11,000 points credited to the men’s singles champion of the Finals, Chen Long’s personal total points will reach 90,001 points, surpassing the 84,631 points of Malaysia’s No.1 brother Lee Chong Wei. Chen Long, who won the Finals title again after 1 year, officially surpassed Lee Chong Wei and became the new World No.1 in Men’s Singles.

On 16 August 2015, in the Men’s Singles Final of the Badminton World Championships, Chen Long successfully defended his title to achieve two consecutive titles by defeating Lee Chong Wei in straight sets 21-14 and 21-17.

On 20 August 2016, in the men’s singles final of the Rio Olympics, Chen Long defeated Li Zongwei by 2:0, winning the Olympic title for the first time, at the same time, China won the Olympic men’s singles three consecutive titles.

On 30 April 2017, in the men’s singles final of the 2017 Badminton Asian Championships, Chen Long reversed to beat Lin Dan 2-1 (21-23, 21-11, 21-10) in the men’s singles final and got the men’s singles title of Asian Championships for the first time.

On 27 May 2018, the 2018 Thomas Cup came to a close in Bangkok, Thailand, with Chen Long and teammates Liu Cheng, Zhang Nan, Shi Yuqi, Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen winning the title with a 3-1 reversal against Japan.

On 23 August 2018, the Chinese men’s team composed of Shi Yuqi, Li Junhui, Liu Yuchen, Chen Long, Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan won the title with a 3-1 victory over the host Indonesia men’s team in the final of the badminton men’s team final at the Jakarta Asian Games.

In 2021, Chen Long was selected as an athlete of the Chinese Sports Delegation for the badminton event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.On 2 August, Chen Long won the silver medal in the men’s singles badminton final at the Tokyo Olympics.

On 4 October 2022, the 40th weekly ranking of Badminton World Federation 2022 was updated. Men’s Singles Chen Long World Ranking has been removed.

On 12 May 2023, Xia Xuanze, head coach of the singles team of the Chinese badminton team, confirmed that Chen Long had retired.

Equipment Used

AXFORCE 80, 3D CALIBAR 900B, F-90, Li-Ning Line 1, Flame N55, 3D CALIBAR 900, Thunder 80 CL Gift Box Edition, 21Q2 Competition Clothing, armortec 900 technique, Thunder LT-01 CL

Major Achievements

2021 National Games Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2021 National Games Badminton Men’s Team Champion
2020 Tokyo Olympics Badminton Men’s Singles Runner-up
2019 Badminton World Tour Finals Quarter-finalist
2019 French Open Badminton Men’s Singles Champion
2019 Denmark Open Badminton Men’s Singles Runner-up
2019 China Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2019 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Champion
2019 Malaysia Open Badminton Men’s Singles Runner-up
2019 Swiss Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2019 Malaysia Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Runner-up
2018 China Fuzhou Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
Men’s Singles Men’s Singles Champion of France Badminton Open 2018
2018 Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Gold Medal
2018 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Bronze Medal
2018 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Champion
2018 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
2017 Hong Kong China Badminton Premier Superseries Men’s Singles Runner-up
2017 China Badminton Premier Super Tournament Men’s Singles Champion
2017 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles 3rd Runner-up
2017 Badminton Australia Premier Superseries Men’s Singles Runner-up
2017 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Runner-up
2017 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Singles Champion
2017 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2016 China Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Singles Runner-up
2016 Rio Olympics Badminton Men’s Singles Champion
2016 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
2016 China Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Runner-up
2016 Malaysia Badminton Premier Super Series Men’s Singles Runner-up
Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist of 2015 Badminton World Cup Premier Series Finals
2015 China Badminton Premier Super Series Men’s Singles Runner-up
2015 Denmark Badminton Premier Super Series Men’s Singles Champion
2015 Korea Badminton Super Series Men’s Singles Champion
2015 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
2015 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
2015 Australia Badminton Superseries Men’s Singles Champion
2015 Sudirman Cup Champion
2015 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2015 Malaysia Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Singles Champion
2015 All England Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
2014 BWF Super Series Finals Men’s Singles Champion
2014 Hong Kong Badminton Super Series Men’s Singles Runner-up
2014 Denmark Badminton Super Series Men’s Singles Champion
2014 Incheon Asian Games Badminton Men’s Singles Runner-up
2014 Incheon Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Runner-up
2014 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
2014 Indonesia Badminton Premier Super Tournament Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2014 Thomas Cup Men’s Team 3rd Runner-up
2014 India Badminton Premier Superseries Men’s Singles Runner-up
2014 All England Badminton Men’s Singles Runner-up
2014 Korea Badminton Premier Superseries Men’s Singles Champion
2013 China Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Singles Champion
2013 Denmark Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Singles Champion
2013 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Champion
2013 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
2013 All England Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
2013 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Champion
2012 BWF Super Series Finals Men’s Singles Champion
2012 Hong Kong Badminton Super Series Men’s Singles Champion
2012 Li Ning China Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
2012 Denmark Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist
2012 Li Ning China Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Champion
2012 London Olympic Badminton Men’s Singles Bronze Medalist
2012 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Champion
2012 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2012 Swiss Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2012 Malaysia Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2011 Badminton World Superseries Finals Men’s Singles Runner-up
2011 Li-Ning China Badminton Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
2011 Hong Kong Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2011 Malaysia Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2011 France Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2011 Denmark Open Men’s Singles Champion
2011 Japan Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
2011 Li Ning China Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Champion
2011 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2011 Thailand Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Champion
2011 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2011 All England Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2010 Badminton World Federation Year-end Finals Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
Men’s Singles Quarter-finals of Hong Kong China Badminton Super Tournament 2010
2010 China Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Singles Champion
2010 China Badminton Masters Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
2010 Bitburger Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Champion
2010 Swiss Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Singles Runner-up
2010 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Champion
2010 Asian Games Men’s Badminton Team Champion
2010 German Badminton Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
2009 Philippine Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Champion
2009 Malaysia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Runner-up
2009 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
2009 Badminton India Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2009 Germany Badminton Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2007 National Youth Badminton Championships Group A Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
2007 National Badminton Championships Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
2007 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
2007 World Junior Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
2007 World Junior Badminton Championships Men’s Team Champion