Zhang Jun

Jayce September 6, 2024 2 0

Character Introduction

Zhang Jun (张军) (26 November 1977), a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, is a Chinese former men’s badminton player, and the current president of the China Badminton Association and head coach of the doubles team of the Chinese national badminton team.

Zhang Jun joined the Suzhou Sports School in 1986, and four years later joined the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Team, and later in 1996 he was selected for the national team.

Zhang Jun, who is good at attacking from the backcourt, finished second in the men’s doubles event at the China Open in 1997, the year after he was selected for the national team, and one year later won the men’s doubles title at the Swiss Open, as well as the men’s doubles second place at the Asian Championships and the men’s team silver medal at the Asian Games in Bangkok.

In 1999, Zhang Jun won the Sudirman Cup, one of the most important badminton tournaments, and a year later, because of an injury to his long-time partner, Zhang Jun, before the Sydney Olympics, Zhang Jun was changed to play mixed doubles, and Zhang Jun and Gao Diamond worked well together at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, eventually winning the gold medal in the badminton mixed doubles event, which was the first mixed doubles gold medal in the history of China’s Olympic Games. The gold medal was the first mixed doubles gold medal in China’s Olympic history.

In the same year, Zhang Jun and Gao Diamond won the Thailand Open Mixed Doubles Championships, and went on to finish in the quarter-finals of the Malaysia and Japan Open Mixed Doubles Championships. 2001 saw Zhang Jun and Gao Diamond teaming up again to win the International Badminton Super Grand Prix, and finish third in the Men’s Doubles at the World Badminton Grand Prix Finals. In mixed doubles, Gao and Zhang won the third place in the World Grand Prix mixed doubles, the mixed doubles title in the World Championships, the quarter-finals of the China-Japan Open, the All England Open and the second place in the South Korea Open.

In 2002, Zhang Jun and Gao Diamond won the third place in the All England Championships, the China Open Championships, the Asian Championships, the Asian Games, the Asian Games, the Indonesia Open, the Indonesia Open, the Men’s Doubles, and the Japan Open.

A year later, Gao and Zhang won the mixed doubles event at the Japan and All England Opens, and in 2004, the pair won their 14th gold medal and defended their title at the Athens Olympics with a 2-1 victory over Great Britain.

In 2005, Zhang Jun and Cai Yun won the men’s doubles gold medal at the 10th National Games, and became members of the Sudirman Cup Champions**.

Zhang Jun retired and coached the Chinese national badminton team, successively training a new generation of Olympic champions such as Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng, Zhang Nan, etc. At the beginning of 2017, he became the head coach of the doubles team of the Chinese national team, and at the beginning of 2018, in the middle of the session of the adjustment of the Chinese Badminton Association, he was elected as the vice-chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association.

On 28 January 2019, at the Sixth National Congress of the China Badminton Association, Zhang Jun was elected President of the China Badminton Association.

Equipment Used

BG-65Ti; ARMORTEC 700; SHB-98MX; MUSCLE POWER 100; SHB-89MG; ISOMETRIC TOUR 800; 1461-075; 1473; W10011VC; 1483