Lin Dan Profile

Lin (林).
Lin Dan


Personal information
Nickname(s) Super Dan
Birth name 林丹
Date of birth October 14, 1983 (1983-10-14) (age 24)
Place of birth Longyan, Fujian province
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (160 lb/11.3 st)
Men Singles
Country China
Handedness Left

Highest Ranking 1 (February 26, 2004[1])
Current Ranking 1 (May 15, 2008)
BWF Profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
World Championships
Gold 2006 Madrid Men's Singles
Gold 2007 Kuala Lumpur Men's Singles

Lin Dan (simplified Chinese: 林丹; pinyin: Lin Dan) (born October 14, 1983) is a men's singles badminton player from Fujian, the People's Republic of China. Lin is currently the most dominant singles player in the world stage, since 2004, he has been ranked number 1 in the world for two years, consistently winning many tournaments. As of October 2006, Lin Dan has regained his ranking as #1 in the world, after a short period of being ranked behind Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia.

Lin Dan won the 2007 World Badminton Championships in men's singles, beating Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia in the final to become the 2nd player after Yang Yang to win the men's singles championship back to back, after taking the gold medal in the 2006 World Badminton Championships. Among the tournaments he has won are the All England Open (2004, 2006 & 2007), China Masters, and also assisting China in winning two Thomas Cup in year 2004 and 2006.

His girlfriend is Xie Xingfang[2], another badminton player from China.


[edit] Major achievements
Rank Event Date Venue
World Championships
1 Singles 2007 Kuala Lumpur, MY
1 Singles 2006 Madrid, ESP
2 Singles 2005 Anaheim, CA, USA
Asian Games
1 Team 2006 Doha, QATAR
2 Singles 2006 Doha, QATAR
3 Team 2002 Busan, KOR
Thomas & Uber Cup
1 Team 2008 Indonesia
1 Team 2006 Japan
1 Team 2004 Jakarta, INA
World Grand Prix
1 Singles 2008 Wilson Swiss Super Series 2008
1 Singles 2007 Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Super Series 2007
1 Singles 2007 China Masters Super Series
1 Singles 2007 Yonex All England Super Series
1 Singles 2007 Yonex German Open
1 Singles 2007 Yonex Korea Open Super Series
1 Singles 2006 Yonex Japan Open
1 Singles 2006 Hong Kong Open
1 Singles 2006 Macau Open
1 Singles 2006 Chinese Taipei Open
1 Singles 2006 Yonex All England Open
1 Singles 2005 Hong Kong Open
1 Singles 2005 China Masters
1 Singles 2005 Yonex Japan Open
1 Singles 2005 German Open
1 Singles 2004 China Open
1 Singles 2004 German Open
1 Singles 2004 Realkredit Denmark Open
1 Singles 2004 Yonex All England Open
1 Singles 2004 Swiss Open
1 Singles 2003 China Open
1 Singles 2003 Hong Kong Open
1 Singles 2003 Realkredit Denmark Open
1 Singles 2002 Noonnoppi Korea Open
2 Singles 2008 Yonex All England Super Series
2 Singles 2008 Yonex Korea Super Series 2008
2 Singles 2006 Proton Eon Malaysia Open
2 Singles 2005 Proton Eon Malaysia Open
2 Singles 2005 Yonex All England Open
2 Singles 2003 German Open
3 Singles 2006 China Open
3 Singles 2006 German Open
3 Singles 2006 China Masters
3 Singles 2005 Aviva Singapore Open
3 Singles 2004 Djarum Indonesia Open
3 Singles 2004 Yonex Japan Open
3 Singles 2002 All England Open