Zhang Nan

Zhang Nan (front right) at the 2012 Olympics.

Zhang Nan ( Chinese  张楠 , Pinyin Zhāng Nán , born March 1, 1990 in Beijing ) is a Chinese badminton player .

Career

At the Junior Asian Badminton Championships , Zhang Nan earned his first laurels when he became the mixed title holder with Lu Lu in 2008. A year later they both won the Philippines Open . In mixed he won the All England in 2010, and in doubles in 2010 the German Open . With the Chinese men's team he was team world champion in the same year. In 2011 he became world champion in mixed. He achieved his greatest success with winning gold medals in mixed at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Zhao Yunlei and in men's doubles with Fu Haifeng at the 2016 Summer Olympics .

Sporting successes

season	event	discipline	space	Surname
2008	Junior Asian Championship	Mixed	1	Zhang Nan / Lu Lu
2008	Junior World Championship	Mixed	2	Zhang Nan / Lu Lu
2008	Junior World Championship	Men's doubles	5	Li Gen / Zhang Nan
2009	Philippines Open	Mixed	1	Zhang Nan / Lu Lu
2010	Thomas Cup	Men's team	1	China
2010	Malaysian Open	Men's doubles	3	Zhang Nan / Chai Biao
2010	Korea Open	Men's doubles	3	Zhang Nan / Chai Biao
2010	German Open	Men's doubles	1	Zhang Nan / Chai Biao
2010	All England Super Series	Mixed	1	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
2011	Badminton world championship	Mixed	1	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
2012	Olympic Summer Games	Mixed	1	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
2013	China Masters	Men's doubles	1	Biao Chai / Zhao Yunlei
2012	Hong Kong Super Series	Mixed	1	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
2012	BWF Super Series Final	Mixed	2	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
2013	Korea Open Super Series	Mixed	1	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
2013	All England Super Series Premier	Mixed	2	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
2013	Swiss Open	Mixed	2	Tang Jinhua / Zhao Yunlei
2013	Sudirman Cup	team	1	China
2013	Badminton Asian Championship	Mixed	2	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
2013	Indonesia Super Series Premier	Mixed	1	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
2016	Olympic Summer Games	Men's doubles	1	Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan
2016	Olympic Summer Games	Mixed	3	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei

Web links

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