Lin Dan, born in Shanghang County, Longyan City, Fujian Province, is a men's singles player of the Chinese badminton team. He practiced badminton at the age of 5, and entered the Fujian Sports School at the age of 9. In November 1995 (at the age of 12), he entered the Fuzhou Bayi Workers' Team, and the coach was He Guoquan. In 2001 (at the age of 18), he entered the national team, and the coaches were Wu Baiqiang, Tang Xianhu, and Zhong Bo, Li Zhifeng. In August 2002, Lin Dan, who was under 19 years old, reached the number one position in the International Badminton Federation rankings. From 2004 to 2008, Lin Dan won a large number of world competition championships, ranking first in the world for a long time, and was called "Super Dan". Won the Olympic champion in 2008. In November 2010, he won the men's singles championship at the Guangzhou Asian Games and achieved a Grand Slam. At the World Championships in London on August 14, 2011, he won the fourth World Championships men's singles championship, and at the same time, his number of world championships reached 15.
He holds the racquet in his left hand and uses lobs as the main style of play. He has strong offensive awareness, fast speed on the court, good attack placement, sharp attacks, flexible steps, and is more threatening in smashes.
When Lin Dan was a child, his mother always liked to dress him as a girl. At that time, Lin Dan was chubby and had long hair, almost covering his ears. Sometimes, his little face would be smeared red by his mother, and when he put on the red clothes bought by his mother, he would look like a complete loser. little girl. In the early 1980s, learning electronic keyboards became popular across the country. At that time, Lin Dan was in preschool, and all the students in the class were taken to learn electronic keyboards by their parents, and Lin Dan was no exception. His mother bought him a "Casio" electronic keyboard, worth one or two hundred yuan. The price was already very high at the time. However, such an expensive electronic keyboard failed to attract Xiao Lin Dan's attention. He sat in front of the electronic keyboard every day and only moved his fingers. This stifled the active Xiao Lin Dan. After playing for a while, he wanted to get out of the chair. He went up and down and walked around, but after only practicing for a week, he refused to practice anymore. Lin Dan's father and mother are both sports enthusiasts. His father likes to play table tennis and volleyball, and his mother swims and plays basketball. She often represents Shanghang County in Longyan competitions. The mother thought that her son didn’t want to practice the electronic keyboard, but he had to practice something else. So, when she played basketball, she took Lin Dan with her and let him run around on the court. At that time, the Shanghang County Gymnasium had children's amateur badminton training, and many children around Lin Dan went there to practice. Once, Lin Dan went to the gym with them to play, and he saw badminton for the first time. Seeing the children running around, swinging the racket and catching the ball, Lin Dan was immediately attracted, as if he had found a sense of familiarity. That year, Lin Dan was 5 years old. Soon, Lin Dan entered the training class. But because it’s an amateur class, it’s actually more about having fun. The children practiced basic skills such as holding the racket, swinging the racket, and skipping rope together. When the coach was not paying attention, Lin Dan secretly played games with the children. It was a happy and carefree time. At that time, Lin Dan showed his unwillingness to admit defeat and his strong self-esteem at a young age. Among the training items at that time, the only thing that scared Lin Dan was the leg press. At the beginning, the child's ligaments were not stretched and his legs could not be pressed down, so the coach helped him press down. Little Lin Dan cried in pain and pressed while crying. After returning home, his mother continued to help him press down. However, no matter how painful it was, my mother never heard him say that he didn't want to practice. On weekends, the training team has to run long distances, running twice around Shanghang County, which is at least several kilometers. Lin Dan is the youngest in the team. He cannot run in front, so he follows the older team members. To finish the race, never stop halfway. In addition, when playing in the team and losing, Lin Dan himself starts to cry before the coach says anything. In the amateur class, Lin Dan is the only child who plays with his left hand, so the coach pays special attention to him. Although Lin Dan's technical level is not the best in the class because he is too young, his physical fitness is outstanding. During the technical evaluation in the class at that time, his basic movements, footwork, front and back touch lines, etc. were among the best. . At the age of 9, growing up in tears In 1992, 9-year-old Lin Dan successfully entered the Fujian Provincial Sports School and came to Fuzhou, 600 kilometers away from Shanghang County. Lin Dan spent his first semester at the provincial sports school with tears.
Becoming a "Super Dan" On August 22, 2002, Lin Dan, who was under 19 years old, ascended to the number one position in the International Badminton Federation rankings. Although he only maintained it for one week, from 2004 to 2008, Lin Dan ranked first in the Badminton Federation Super Series. He has won numerous championships in tournaments and various international competitions, and has occupied the top spot in the men's singles world rankings for a long time. He is known as "Super Dan".
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1. Lin Dan, the main member of the 23rd Thomas Cup champion in 2004, had become the number one figure in the men’s singles of the Chinese team in 2004. In five games, he started and won every game. In the final, the Chinese team faced the Danish team. Lin Dan, who played first, defeated Gade 2-0. Lin Dan's victory also inspired his teammates. In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Danish team 3-1, and once again reached the highest podium of the men's badminton team after 12 years. 2. Main member of the 9th Sudirman Cup champion in 2005. In the 2005 Sudirman Cup, the Chinese team faced Indonesia in the final and defeated their opponent 3-0. Lin Dan, who played in the second game in the final, defeated the then Olympic champion Taufik proved his strength, and his military salute after the game has become one of his signature moves. 3. Men’s singles champion at the 2005 Yiyang World Cup Badminton Tournament. In 2005, the first World Cup Badminton Tournament was held in Yiyang, Hunan, the hometown of badminton. Lin Dan’s winning streak teammates Chen Hong and Thailand’s Posana won the championship. This was also his first World Cup singles champion, it is worth mentioning that Lin Dan was injured while fighting. 4. Main member of the 24th Thomas Cup champion in 2006. Lin Dan participated in the Thomas Cup for the second time in 2006. As the first singles player, he and his teammates won the Thomas Cup championship again. Lin Dan defeated Gade again in the final. Also defeated Taufik in the semi-finals. 5. Men’s singles champion of the 2006 World Badminton Championships in Spain. In Spain in 2006, Lin Dan won his first men’s singles championship of the World Championships. In the final, he lost two games in a row and won 2-1. Reversed teammate Bao Chunlai. In this World Championships, he and his girlfriend Xie Xingfang reached the top at the same time, creating a legend. 6. Men's singles champion at the 2006 Yiyang World Cup Badminton Tournament. In 2006, the second World Badminton World Cup was held in Yiyang, Hunan, the hometown of badminton. Lin Dan, who participated again, once again won the championship. In the final, he defeated his teammate Chen Yu and won his His second World Cup singles championship. 7. Main members of the 10th Sudirman Cup Champions in 2007 The 10th Sudirman Cup was held in Glasgow, Scotland in June 2007. The Chinese Legion led by Lin Dan and Zhang Ning continued their strong momentum. In the end, they won the championship again with a record of five wins and won the Sudirman Cup for the sixth time. 8. Lin Dan, the men’s singles champion of the 2007 World Badminton Championships in Malaysia
In the 2007 World Championships held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Lin Dan, who competed as the crowned champion, passed all the way to the finals. In the finals, Lin Dan defeated the famous Indonesian player. Sony was once again crowned the World Championship men's singles champion. 9. Main members of the 25th Thomas Cup champion in 2008. This is Lin Dan’s third time participating in the Thomas Cup. He is still the first singles player in the national badminton team. In the final, China and South Korea competed for the championship. Lin Dan faced his old enemy Park Sung-hwan in the first game. After losing one game at the beginning, he won two games in a row and got a good start, laying the foundation for the Chinese team to win the championship. 10. 2008 Beijing Olympic Badminton Champion In the finale of the 2008 Beijing Olympic badminton competition, in the grand finale of the men’s singles final, top seed Lin Dan swept the second seed, Malaysia, 2-0 (21-12, 21-8). The famous player Li Zongwei won the men's singles gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games. Super Dan won the Tianwangshan duel in the most perfect way, winning the most important gold medal for the Chinese badminton team. Super Dan perfectly proved it in an epic way! 11. In 2009, the main member of the 11th Sudirman Cup champion Guangzhou Sudirman Cup. Lin Dan, the Chinese men’s singles player who shoulders the heavy responsibility, passed five levels in a row and made great contributions to the national badminton team’s achievement of the Sudirman Cup’s “three consecutive championships”. . The victory in the Guangzhou Battle brought Lin Dan's number of world championships to nine, further expanding his leading position among domestic men's badminton players.
12. Men's singles champion of the 2009 World Badminton Championships in India. In the men's singles final of the 2009 World Badminton Championships, World Championships and Olympic double champion Lin Dan defeated his teammate Chen Jin 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) to win the championship, thus achieving The three consecutive world championships are unprecedented in the history of the world championships. 13. Main members of the 26th Thomas Cup champion in 2010. The 2010 badminton Thomas Cup finals started in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lin Dan also embarked on his fourth Thomas Cup trip. The Chinese team faced the archrival Indonesia in the finals. Lin Dan swept Taufik 2-0 in the first set, giving China the first shot. In the end, the Chinese team defeated Indonesia 3-0 to win the championship, achieving four consecutive Thomas Cup championships. 14. The main member of the 12th Sudirman Cup champion in 2011. In the Qingdao Sudirman Cup, the Chinese badminton leader Lin Dan, who shoulders the heavy responsibility, passed five levels in a row and made great contributions to the Chinese team's "four consecutive Sudirman Cup" success. With Lin Dan's victory over Gade in the final, Lin Dan's number of world championships increased to 12, further expanding his well-deserved dominance in the world badminton world and becoming the well-deserved king of the Soviet Cup. 15. Men’s singles champion of the 2011 British World Badminton Championships. The 28-year-old Lin Dan has dominated three consecutive world championships. This is the seventh time he will compete in this top competition in the world of badminton at the London World Championships. On August 14, 2011, Beijing time, the 2011 Badminton World Championships held in London ended the competition for the men's singles competition. After losing the first game, Lin Dan struggled to reverse the world's number one Lee Chong Wei 2-1 and won the world championship. The championship is also Lin Dan's fourth world championship! He also won his 15th world championship.
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2000 Asian Youth Championship men's team and men's single champion, World Youth Championship men's team champion, men's single fourth place; 2001 2001 Dutch and German Youth Open men's single champion, 2001 Men's singles runner-up in the 9th National Games, Asian Championships men's team champion, men's singles runner-up, Denmark Open men's singles runner-up; 2002 Korean Badminton Open men's singles champion 2002 All England Open men's singles third place 2002 National Badminton Championships Men's singles champion 2003 China Badminton Open men's singles champion 2003 Denmark Badminton Open men's singles champion 2003 China Hong Kong Badminton Open men's singles champion 2003 German Badminton Open men's singles champion 2003 Japan Open men's singles runner-up , Singapore Open semi-finals, 2003 City Games badminton men's singles champion, men's team champion; 2004 2004 All England Badminton Championships men's singles champion; 2004 23rd Thomas Cup champion main member, first singles; 2004 2005 China Badminton Open Men's Singles Champion 2004 Swiss Badminton Open Men's Singles Champion 2005 2005 Main member of the 9th Sudirman Cup Champion, first singles; 2005 Yiyang World Cup Badminton Men's Singles Champion 2005 Chinese Badminton Master Men's singles champion of the 2005 Japan Badminton Open Men's singles champion 2005 Hong Kong Badminton Open men's singles champion of the 2005 German Badminton Open men's singles champion 2005 U.S. World Badminton Championships men's singles runner-up 2005 Tenth National Games Badminton Men's singles champion Lin Dan successfully smashed
2006 2006 All England Badminton Championships men's singles champion; 2006 24th Thomas Cup champion main member, first singles; 2006 Spanish World Badminton Championships men's singles Champion; 2006 Yiyang World Badminton World Cup Men’s Singles Champion 2006 Japan Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion 2006 China Hong Kong Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion 2006 China Macau Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion 2006 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion 2006 Doha Asian Games badminton men's singles runner-up; men's team champion 2006 Malaysian Badminton Open men's singles runner-up 2007 2007 All England Badminton Open men's singles champion; main member of the 10th Sudirman Cup champion in 2007, singles; 2007 Malaysian World Badminton Championship Men's Singles Champion; 2007 Korean Badminton Open Men's Singles Champion 2007 Denmark Badminton Open Men's Singles Champion 2007 China Badminton Masters Men's Singles Champion 2007 Hong Kong Badminton Open Champion 2008 Lin Dan Smash
The main member of the 25th Thomas Cup champion in 2008, the first singles player in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the men's singles champion in the 2008 China Badminton Open, the 2008 men's singles champion in the Swiss Badminton Open in 2008 Korean Badminton Open men's singles runner-up, 2008 All England Badminton Open men's singles runner-up, 2008 China Badminton Hong Kong Open runner-up, 2009 All England Badminton Open men's singles champion, 2009 11th Sudirman Cup champion main member, First singles 2009 India World Badminton Championships Men's Singles Champion 2009 China Badminton Open Men's Singles Champion 2009 China Badminton Masters Men's Singles Champion 2009 French Badminton Open Men's Singles Champion 2009 Eleventh National Games Men's Singles Champion, 2009 Swiss Badminton Open Men's Singles Runner-up, 2009 Fifth East Asian Games Men's Singles Runner-up, 2010 2010 26th Thomas Cup Champion, main member, first singles, 2010 India Asian Badminton Championships, Men's Singles Champion, 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games With the badminton men's singles championship and men's team championship, Lin Dan has achieved the only Grand Slam record in badminton history (Olympic Games, World Championships, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, All England Championships, World Cup, Asian Games, Asian Championships) 2010 China Badminton Masters Men's Singles Champion 2010
Men's singles runner-up in this Badminton Open in 2011, men's singles champion in the 2011 China Asian Badminton Championships, main member of the 12th Sudirman Cup champion in 2011, first singles, men's singles champion in the 2011 British World Badminton Championships, men's singles in the 2011 Korean Badminton Open Singles champion; 2011 All England Badminton Open men's singles runner-up 2011 Singapore Badminton Open men's singles runner-up 2011 China Badminton Masters men's singles semi-final Grand Slam record Performance after winning
So far, Lin Dan became the only Grand Slam player in the history of world badminton. Lin Dan is the first person in the history of world badminton to win the Olympic Games (2008), World Championships (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011), All England Championships (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009), World Cup (2005, 2006), Thomas Cup ( Athletes who have won all men's singles championships in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010), Sudirman Cup (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011), Asian Games (2010), and Asian Championships (2010, 2011).
Off-court honors: Won the "Best Athlete of the Year" award from the Badminton World Federation for four consecutive years in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009; 2009 The Most Valuable Athlete of the 11th Sudirman Cup; 2009 On January 17, he won the Anta 2008 CCTV Sports Figure of the Year Best Male Athlete Nomination Award; on December 15, 2009, he won the Anta 2009 CCTV Sports Figure of the Year Best Male Athlete Nomination Award; 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games MVP; 2010 October On March 26, he won the three-star "Most Valuable Athlete" and a bonus of US$50,000 at the Guangzhou Asian Games; on December 16, 2010, he won the Anta 2010 CCTV Sports Figure of the Year Nomination for Best Male Athlete of the Year; on January 16, 2011, For the first time, he won the 2010 CCTV Sports Figure Best Male Athlete Award; the 2010 Top Ten International Athletes; on October 11, 2011, won the 2011 China Top Ten Lawrence Award for Best Male Athlete.
Lin Dan dropped his racket incident. The first game of the 2008 Korean Badminton Open men's singles final started with a completely one-sided situation. Lin Dan quickly took the lead with 21:4. However, in the second game, the famous Korean player Lee Hyun-il fought back tenaciously and regained the victory at 23:21. In the deciding game, the two sides were locked in a tug-of-war until the score was tied at 23. At the critical moment, one of Li Xuanyi's chops went out of bounds. Unexpectedly, both the linesman and the referee thought it was in bounds. Lin Dan dropped his racket in anger and had a quarrel with Li Mao, the Chinese coach of the South Korean team. The Chinese team coach persuaded him to calm down. However, Lin Dan received a yellow card. This episode made Lin Dan lose all fighting spirit and lost the game 23:25. After the game, the organizing committee negotiated and determined that the championship should belong to Lin Dan. Lin Dan’s beating of the coach incident On April 10, 2008, the national badminton team, which was training in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, held an intra-team match before the Thomas Cup. Since this day was a media open day, reporters from central and local media were present for interviews. In the afternoon of the same day, the national team was divided into two groups, A and B, for a best-of-five match (including singles and doubles). Among them, the men's singles players Lin Dan and Chen Yu were placed in one group, while Bao Chunlai and Chen Jin were in the other group. Although Lin Dan, who played first, defeated Chen Jin 2:1, his group eventually lost to the other group. Lin Dan attributed his group's defeat to Ji Xinpeng's problems with the men's singles grouping. After the game, when Ji Xinpeng was talking to his coach Tang Xianhu, Lin Dan shouted angrily: "Director Ji..." At the first sound, Ji Xinpeng noticed something was wrong with his tone and ignored him, continuing to chat with Tang Xianhu. . After the second sound, Ji Xinpeng walked out in the direction of Lin Dan and asked: "What is your name..." Lin Dan angrily complained about why the men's singles were given such an order. Ji Xinpeng explained that it was Zhong Bo (the men's singles leader). Coach) arranged, he just followed it. After a quarrel, Lin Dan pushed Ji Xinpeng. However, reporters wrote him as a boxing coach, causing an uproar.
Afterwards, the Table Tennis and Badminton Center came forward to refute the rumors. Coach Tang Xianhu who was present at the time also confirmed that Lin Dan did not hit the coach, but just pushed him. Afterwards, Lin Dan apologized to Ji Xinpeng and hoped that he would come forward to clarify. However, Ji Xinpeng only wrote something ambiguous on Weibo, causing the incident to fall into confusion. Later, it was discovered that the reporter had contact with Ji Xinpeng's wife, and Ji Xinpeng was transferred from the national badminton team.