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Lin Dan (conceived October 14, 1983) is a Chinese expert badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, and a six-time All England champion.
Lin was born to a Hakka family in Shanghang County, Longyan, Fujian. At a young age, Lin Dan was encouraged to learn to play the piano by his parents, and to be a pianist. However, he chose to play badminton instead. Having started his training at the age of five, he was scouted by the People's Liberation Army Sports Team after winning the National Junior Championships aged twelve, and was enlisted into the Chinese National Badminton Team in 2001, when he was 18.
Lin has been in a relationship with Xie Xingfang, herself a former world champion, since 2003.They were quietly engaged on December 13, 2010 in Haizhu, Guangzhou. Xie initially denied but later acknowledged romantic involvement with Lin, who reacted angrily at the public exposure of their relationship, citing reasons of personal privacy.The two were married on September 23, 2012 and the wedding ceremony was held at the Beijing University of Technology.
Lin had five tattoos visible during the 2012 Summer Olympics. His upper left arm has a Christian cross,his lower left arm has five stars, his right upper arm reads "until the end of world",a double "F" lettering on his lower right arm, and his initials "LD" are tattoed on the back of his neck. These tattoos have been the subject of controversy due to his military and religious status.
On October 17, 2012, he became the first active Chinese badminton player to accept a master's degree, which was presented at Huaqiao University.His autobiography, Until the End of the World, was published after he successfully defended his Olympic title at the London 2012 Olympics.
Broadly viewed as the best singles player ever, by the age of 28 Lin had finished the "Super Grand Slam", having won every one of the nine noteworthy titles in the badminton world: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, Super Series Masters Finals, All England Open, Asian Games, and Asian Championships, turning into the first and final player to accomplish this feat.He additionally turned into the main men's singles player to hold the Olympic gold award by winning in 2008 and guarding his title in 2012.
Winning the Malaysian Open in 2017 denoted Lin's accomplishment in having won each significant title in the badminton world.
In 2004, he was named "Super Dan/Ultimate Dan" by rival Peter Gade in the wake of winning the All England Open last, and the epithet has since been broadly utilized by his fans and additionally the media to allude to him, in acknowledgment of his accomplishments.
Lin won the Eddie Choong Player of the Year grant for two continuous years in 2006 and 2007.He additionally secured the BWF Best Male Player of the Year in 2008.Lin was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) amid the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.On January 16, 2011, he was voted as the 2010 best male competitor in CCTV Sports Personality of the Year for his decisive victory in significant badminton titles.
In March, 2017, Lin was disposed of in semi finals of the All England by his comrade Shi Yuqi. He skiped back and won the Swiss Open by beating Shi Yuqi. In April he crushed Lee Chong Wei (Silver medalist - Rio Olympics 2016) in straight sets to win the Malaysian open Super Series Premier out of the blue. He additionally won against Chen Long (Gold) in CBSL (China) and against Victor Axelsen (Bronze) in the 2017 England Open. In the China Masters he lost the elimination round to Qiao Bin and in the Badminton Asia Championship he won silver decoration, after a misfortune to Chen Long in the last. He was beaten in the German Grand Prix Gold and Indonesian Open individually in Round of 16. He lost to Chen Long in Australian open semi finals.
In 2017 at age 33 he figured out how to enter his record seventh BWF big showdown last by beating Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki by 21-17, 21-18 in the quarter finals and beating new world No.1, Son Wan-ho, by 21-17, 21-14 in the semi finals. Be that as it may, in the finals, he was beaten straight sets by his 10 years more youthful adversary, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, by 22-20, 21-16.
Soon after the big showdown he won China aces singular title named as Chinese small Olympic for the record fourth time beating youth Shi Yuqi. He likewise helped his group to win the gold in group occasion.
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