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Lin Dan is a legendary Chinese badminton player widely considered one of the greatest players in the sport's history. He matters because he won multiple Olympic gold medals and world championships, bringing tremendous honor to China and establishing himself as a dominant force in professional badminton.
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Key facts
- Nickname
- Super Dan
- Born
- ( 1983-10-14 ) 14 October 1983 (age 42) , Longyan , Fujian, China
- Years active
- 2000–2020
- Height
- 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight
- 70 kg (154 lb)
- Spouse
- Xie Xingfang ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 )
- Country
- China
- Sport
- Badminton
- Handedness
- Left
- Coached by
- Xia Xuanze
- Retired
- 4 July 2020
- Career record
- 662 wins, 131 losses
- Highest ranking
- 1 (26 February 2004)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Lin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Longyan
- Spouse
- Xie Xingfang
- Educated at
- Huaqiao University
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Native language
- Chinese
- Sport
- badminton
- Country for sport
- China
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Lin Dan photp (Cropped).jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Lin Dan
- date of birth
- 1983-10-14
- name in native language
- 林丹
- handedness
- left-handedness
- end of work period
- 2020-07-00
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- playing hand
- left-handedness
- trained by
- Xia Xuanze
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Updated on 21 November 2024
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lin Dan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.