Lin Dan

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is 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