Chen Long

Chen Long
Chen in 2012 in the individual semifinals of the Olympic Games in London
Country:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	January 18, 1989
Place of birth:	Shashi , Jingzhou
Size:	187 cm
Weight:	78 kg
1st professional season:	2007
Playing hand:	Right
BWF ID:	75787
Men's singles
Career record:	338: 77
Career title:	27
Highest ranking:	1 (December 24, 2014)
Current placement:	8th
Weeks as No. 1:	76
Medals
Country: People's Republic of China  badminton  Olympic games gold Rio de Janeiro 2016 singles bronze London 2012 singles BWF - world championships gold Copenhagen 2014 singles gold Jakarta 2015 singles bronze Glasgow 2017 singles Thomas Cup gold Kuala Lumpur 2010 Men's gold Wuhan 2012 Men's bronze New Delhi 2014 Men's Sudirman Cup gold Kuala Lumpur 2013 Mixed gold Dongguan 2015 Mixed  Asian Games gold Guangzhou 2010 Men's silver Incheon 2014 singles silver Incheon 2014 Men's BAC - Asian Championships silver Suwon 2009 singles silver Taipei 2013 singles silver Wuhan 2016 singles bronze Chengdu 2011 singles bronze Qingdao 2012 singles bronze Wuhan 2015 singles  East Asian Games gold Hong Kong 2009 Men's gold Tianjin 2013 Men's BWF - Youth World Championships gold Waitakere 2007 singles gold Waitakere 2007 Mixed BAC - Youth Asian Championships gold Kuala Lumpur 2007 singles silver Kuala Lumpur 2007 Mixed
BWF profile
As of August 20, 2016

Chen Long ( Chinese  谌 龍 , Pinyin Chén Lóng ; born January 18, 1989 in Shashi , Jingzhou , Hubei , People's Republic of China ) is a Chinese badminton player and reigning Olympic champion in men's singles.

Athletic career

Chen's greatest successes so far were victories in the men's singles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , at the 2014 World Championships in Copenhagen and 2015 in Jakarta in the final against Lee Chong Wei . With victories at the prestigious All England in 2013 and 2015 , he won two more important titles. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London he lost in the semifinals to Lee Chong Wei with 13:21, 14:21, but won the bronze medal over Lee Hyun-il with 21:12, 15:21, 21:15. From December 24, 2014 to June 9, 2016, Chen led the world rankings in men's singles for 76 weeks . In total, he has won the Olympic Games once , the World Championship twice, the BWF Super Series Finals twice , nine Superseries Premier tournaments , eight Superseries tournaments and five Grand Prix Gold tournaments . In his youth he was U-19 world and Asian champion in 2007 .

In 2015, he was the highest-earning badminton player of the year with a revenue of around $ 300,000.

Achievements in tables

Men's singles

Chen in the singles semifinals of the London Olympics in 2012

result	year	Place / tournament	opponent	Result
Olympic games
gold	2016	Rio de Janeiro	Lee Chong Wei	21:18, 21:18
bronze	2012	London	Lee Hyun-il	21:12, 15:21, 21:15
BWF - world championships
gold	2014	Copenhagen	Lee Chong Wei	21:19, 21:19
gold	2015	Jakarta	Lee Chong Wei	21:14, 21:17
bronze	2017	Glasgow	Viktor Axelsen	9:21, 10:21
33./64.	2011	London	Kevin Cordón	19:21, 21: 8, 25:27
Asian Games
silver	2014	Incheon	Lin Dan	21:12, 16:21, 16:21
BAC - Asian Championships
silver	2009	Suwon	Bao Chunlai	21:16, 10:21, 16:21
silver	2013	Taipei	You Pengyu	17:21, 19:21
silver	[3]2016	Wuhan	Lee Chong Wei	17:21, 21:15, 13:21
bronze	2011	Cheng you	Bao Chunlai	12:21, 13:21
bronze	2012	Qingdao	You Pengyu	21:17, 16:21, 12:21
bronze	[2]2015	Wuhan	Tian Houwei	lost without a fight
17./32.	2007	Johor Bahru	Lee Chong Wei	10:21, 8:21
BWF Super Series Finals
1.	2012	Shenzhen	You Pengyu	21:12, 21:13
1.	2014	Dubai	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21:16, 21:10
2.	2011	Liuzhou	Lin Dan	12:21, 16:21
3rd / 4th	2010	Taipei	Peter Høeg Gade	19:21, 18:21
3rd / 4th	[4]2015	Dubai	Viktor Axelsen	12:21, 17:21
BWF World Superseries Premier
1.	2011	Denmark Open	Lee Chong Wei	21:15, 21:18
2.	2011	China Open	Lin Dan	17:21, 24:26
1.	2012	China Open	Wang Zhengming	21:19, 21:18
1.	2013	All of England	Lee Chong Wei	21:17, 21:18
1.	2013	Denmark Open	Lee Chong Wei	24:22, 21:19
1.	2013	China Open	Wang Zhengming	19:21, 21: 8, 21:14
2.	2014	All of England	Lee Chong Wei	13:21, 18:21
1.	2014	Denmark Open	Son Wan-ho	21:19, 24:22
1.	2015	All of England	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	15:21, 21:17, 21:15
1.	[3]2015	Malaysia Open	Lin Dan	20:22, 21:13, 21:11
1.	[4]2015	Denmark Open	Tommy Sugiarto	21:12, 21:12
2.	[5]2015	China Open	Lee Chong Wei	15:21, 11:21
2.	[5]2016	Malaysia Open	Lee Chong Wei	13:21, 8:21
BWF Super Series
2.	2010	Swiss Open	Chen Jin	21:12, 15:21, 17:21
2.	2010	China Masters	Lin Dan	15:21, 21:13, 14:21
1.	2010	China Open	Bao Chunlai	9:21, 21:14, 21:16
1.	2011	China Masters	Chen Jin	21:16, 22:20
1.	2011	Japan Open	Lee Chong Wei	21: 8, 10:21, 21:19
1.	2012	China Masters	Hu Yun	21:11, 21:13
1.	2012	Hong Kong Open	Lee Chong Wei	21:19, 21:17
1.	2014	Korea Open	Lee Chong Wei	21:14, 21:15
2.	2014	India Open	Lee Chong Wei	13:21, 17:21
2.	2014	Hong Kong Open	Son Wan-ho	19:21, 16:21
1.	[10]2015	Australian Open	Viktor Axelsen	21:12, 14:21, 21:18
1.	[10]2015	Korea Open	Ajay Jayaram	21:14, 21:13
BWF Grand Prix Gold
2.	2009	Malaysia Open GPG	Lee Chong Wei	16:21, 9:21
1.	2009	Philippine Open	Hu Yun	21:13, 21: 6
1.	2010	Badminton Open Saarbrücken	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21: 3, 12:21, 21: 9
1.	2011	Thailand Open	Lee Hyun-il	21: 8, 21:19
1.	2013	German Open	Tommy Sugiarto	21:17, 21:11
1.	[10]2015	Chinese Taipei Open	Chou Tien-Chen	15:21, 21: 9, 21: 6
2.	[12]2016	China Masters	Lin Dan	17:21, 21:23
BWF Grand Prix
2.	2010	German Open	Bao Chunlai	13:21, 10:21
BWF - Youth World Championships
gold	2007	Waitakere City	Ken'ichi Tago	21:16, 21:14
BAC - Youth Asian Championships
gold	[7]2007	Kuala Lumpur	Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif	18:21, 21:18, 22:20

Web links

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

• Profile bwfworldsuperseries.com (English)
• Chen Long in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
• Chinese national team ( Memento from May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Chen Long on Badminton CN (Chinese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2007 Asian Junior Badminton Championships 亞洲 青年 羽毛球 錦標賽 ( English ) borisng.wordpress.com. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
2. ↑ Chen Long Becomes Highest-paid Badminton Player of Year on Radio China International , December 29, 2015, accessed December 29, 2015
3. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=79570B8E-D2AA-401B-96B5-D873594B6690&draw=22
4. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=884CC75F-B49A-4425-9D95-7A43E840DD07&draw=1
5. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=CA160B94-64E2-4C8A-8E18-9E269E9A46EB&draw=10
6. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=C79DF254-6C04-4D4F-BAD9-38D0E93FD0FB&draw=2
7. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=E4410764-3F53-4BE8-9FCF-51A92DC74D74&draw=2
8. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=04C5CA11-E6F6-42A9-9D9A-0375D903F24E&draw=12
9. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=990E6107-082C-4213-9BD3-275899B78F26&draw=2
10. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=177622D8-C646-4BEE-8754-9A933DBA0736&draw=2
11. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=037C469F-DB5D-401E-938B-2EFF831C4B21&draw=2
12. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=A1089B9C-2419-418F-BA33-904828BCE203&draw=2
13. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=34B879DC-1948-47E1-9E25-6CD469CC9E9D&draw=1

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, Long is the first name.