Chen Jin (badminton)

Chen Jin
Chen 2010 at the Swiss Open in Basel
Country:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	January 10, 1986
Place of birth:	Handan , Hebei
Size:	181 cm
Weight:	73 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Resignation:	March 8, 2013
Playing hand:	Right
BWF ID:	51592
Men's singles
Career record:	291: 90
Career title:	14th
Highest ranking:	2 (February 1, 2007)
Medals
Country: People's Republic of China  badminton  Olympic games bronze Beijing 2008 singles BWF - world championships gold Paris 2010 singles silver Hyderabad 2009 singles bronze London 2011 singles Thomas Cup gold Sendai & Tokyo 2006 Men's gold Jakarta 2008 Men's gold Kuala Lumpur 2010 Men's gold Wuhan 2012 Men's  Asian Games gold Doha 2006 Men's gold Guangzhou 2010 Men's bronze Guangzhou 2010 singles BAC - Asian Championships gold Qingdao 2012 singles silver Johor Bahru 2008 singles IBF - Youth World Championships gold Pretoria 2002 singles gold Pretoria 2002 Mixed gold Richmond 2004 singles gold Richmond 2004 Mixed ABC - Youth Asian Championships gold Hwacheon 2004 singles gold Hwacheon 2004 Boys
BWF profile

Chen Jin ( Chinese  陈金 , Pinyin Chén Jīn ; born January 10, 1986 in Handan , Hebei , People's Republic of China ) is a former Chinese badminton player and world champion .

Athletic career

Chen's greatest achievement was winning the 2010 World Championships in Paris . In the men's singles final, he defeated the Indonesian Olympic and world champion Taufik Hidayat with 21:13, 21:15.

In 2008 , Chen won the All England , beating defending champion and reigning world champion Lin Dan with 22:20, 25:23.

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , Chen made it to the semi-finals, but then lost to the later Olympic champion Lin Dan with 12:21, 18:21. In the bronze medal he beat South Korean Lee Hyun-il with 21:16, 12:21, 21:14 and won his first and only Olympic medal.

Overall, Chen was nine times in the finals of a Superseries tournament , of which he was able to win five tournaments.

Achievements in tables

Men's singles

result	year	Place / tournament	opponent	Result
Olympic games
bronze	2008	Beijing	Lee Hyun-il	21:16, 12:21, 21:14
5th / 8th	2012	London	Lee Hyun-il	15:21, 16:21
IBF / BWF - world championships
gold	2010	Paris	Taufik Hidayat	21:13, 21:15
silver	2009	Hyderabad	Lin Dan	18:21, 16:21
bronze	2011	London	Lee Chong Wei	13:21, 9:21
5th / 8th	2006	Madrid	Lee Hyun-il	14:21, 21:19, 12:21
9./16.	2007	Kuala Lumpur	Ronald Susilo	19:21, 14:21
Asian Games
bronze	2010	Guangzhou	Lee Chong Wei	21:14, 15:21, 7:21
ABC / BAC - Asian Championships
gold	2012	Qingdao	You Pengyu	21:12, 21:18
silver	2008	Johor Bahru	Sung-hwan Park	18:21, 18:21
9./16.	2004	Kuala Lumpur	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	15:12, 6:15, 5:15
9./16.	2011	Cheng you	Shō Sasaki	12:21, 22:20, 15:21
East Asian Games
5th / 8th	2009	Hong Kong	Choi Ho-jin	lost without a fight
IBF / BWF World Cup
3rd / 4th	2006	Yiyang	Chen Yu	21:17, 18:21, 11:21
5th / 8th	2005	Yiyang	Chen Hong	19:21, 14:21
BWF World Superseries
2.	2007	Korea Open	Lin Dan	14:21, 19:21
1.	2007	Swiss Open	Simon Santoso	21:16, 21:10
1.	2008	All of England	Lin Dan	22:20, 25:23
2.	2008	China Masters	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	19:21, 18:21
1.	2008	Hong Kong Open	Lin Dan	21: 9, 9:21, 21:17
1.	2010	Swiss Open	Chen Long	12:21, 21:15, 21:17
1.	2011	Singapore Open	Lin Dan	won without a fight
2.	2011	China Masters	Chen Long	16:21, 20:22
2.	2011	Hong Kong Open	Lin Dan	12:21, 19:21
BWF Grand Prix Gold
1.	2007	Macau Open	Taufik Hidayat	19:21, 21:17, 21:18
2.	2011	German Open	Lin Dan	19:21, 11:21
1.	2012	Swiss Open	Lee Hyun-il	14:21, 21: 9, 21:17
1.	2012	Australian Open	Tiến Minh Nguyễn	21:11, 21:12
IBF World Grand Prix
1.	2006	German Open	Chen Hong	15: 3, 15: 7
1.	2006	China Masters	Peter Gade	21:19, 21:14
2.	2006	Thailand Open	Chen Yu	17:21, 23:21, 20:22
International tournaments
1.	2004	French Open	Bjorn Joppien	15: 9, 15: 5
1.	2004	Polish Open	Przemysław Wacha	15: 4, 15: 2
IBF - Youth World Championships
gold	2002	Pretoria	Yen Hui Kendrick Lee
gold	2004	Richmond	Gong Weijie	12:15, 15: 8, 17:14
ABC - Youth Asian Championships
gold	2004	Hwacheon	Gong Weijie	15: 7, 15:11

Web links

Commons : Chen Jin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile (chinese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chen Jin wins Asian junior title ( English ) badmintoncentral.com/forums. Retrieved May 4, 2015.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chen is the family name here, Jin is the first name.