Wang Chi-lin
Wang Chi-lin 王齊麟 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taipei, Taiwan | 18 January 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 4 (MD with Chen Hung-ling, 25 October 2018) 2 (MD with Lee Yang, 27 September 2022) 10 (XD with Lee Chia-hsin, 21 June 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 9 (MD with Lee Yang, 13 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Wang Chi-lin (Chinese: 王齊麟; pinyin: Wáng Qílín; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles.[1] He is the 2020 and 2024 Olympics men's doubles champion.[2] He also won the men's doubles bronze medals at the 2018 World Championships, 2022 Asian Games, and at the 2023 Asian Championships. He reached a career high as World number 2 in September 2022 with his current partner Lee Yang.[3] Wang also competed in the mixed doubles, winning the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade with Lee Chia-hsin,[4] with their career high were number 10 in the BWF World Rankings in June 2018.
Career
[edit]In 2018, Wang won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships with Chen Hung-ling.[5] He then representing Chinese Taipei in the 2018 Asian Games, helping the team won the men's team bronze medal.
Since his partner Chen Hung-ling decided to retire from the international competition,[6] Wang then made a new partnership with Lee Yang.[7] Wang and Lee are class mates from junior high school. The duo reached six finals in the 2019 BWF World Tour, managed to win the Spain Masters, Orléans Masters, India Open, and Korea Masters. He also finished as the mixed doubles finalist in the Spain Masters with new partner Cheng Chi-ya.[8]
In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang defeated the 2018 World Champions' Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the men's doubles final. They became the first unseeded pair to win a gold medal in the Olympics' men's doubles badminton. This was Chinese Taipei's first Olympic medal in badminton.[9] In 2022, Wang and Lee were named two of Taiwan's Ten Outstanding Young Persons by the Junior Chamber International Taiwan.[10]
In 2024, at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang repeated the feat to win in the men's doubles finals as an unseeded pair,[11] making history to become the first men's doubles pair in history to defend their Olympic title.[2]
Achievements
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2020 | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan |
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21–18, 21–12 | ![]() |
2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France | ![]() |
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21–17, 18–21, 21–19 | ![]() |
World Championships
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China |
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17–21, 10–21 | ![]() |
Asian Games
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2022 | Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China | ![]() |
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12–21, 10–21 | ![]() |
Summer Universiade
[edit]Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan |
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12–21, 21–16, 21–14 | ![]() |
Asian Championships
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2023 | Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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18–21, 14–13 retired | ![]() |
World University Championships
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Municipal Sport Palace Vista Alegre, Córdoba, Spain |
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21–8, 8–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
World Junior Championships
[edit]Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan |
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8–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
2013 | Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |
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10–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
Asian Junior Championships
[edit]Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea |
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21–17, 20–22, 10–21 | ![]() |
BWF World Tour (11 titles, 9 runners-up)
[edit]The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[13]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | New Zealand Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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21–17, 21–17 | ![]() |
2018 | Chinese Taipei Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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22–20, 21–9 | ![]() |
2018 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | ![]() |
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12–21, 21–17, 18–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | ![]() |
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21–8, 23–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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19–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | ![]() |
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16–21, 22–20, 21–15 | ![]() |
2019 | India Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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21–14, 21–14 | ![]() |
2019 | U.S. Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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13–21, 21–17, 3–6 retired | ![]() |
2019 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | ![]() |
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21–19, 20–22, 21–19 | ![]() |
2020 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | ![]() |
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17–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2020 (I) | Thailand Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–23, 21–19 | ![]() |
2020 (II) | Thailand Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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21–13, 21–18 | ![]() |
2020 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | ![]() |
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21–17, 23–21 | ![]() |
2022 | Taipei Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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18–21, 21–10, 18–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Japan Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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21–19, 21–13 | ![]() |
2023 | Hylo Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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22–24, 13–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | ![]() |
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17–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | New Zealand Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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21–19, 14–21, 21–19 | ![]() |
2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | ![]() |
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18–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Macau Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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11–21, 8–21 | ![]() |
BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 4 runners-up)
[edit]The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Malaysia Masters | ![]() |
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19–21, 21–14, 17–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Chinese Taipei Open | ![]() |
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17–21, 21–17, 22–24 | ![]() |
2016 | Chinese Taipei Masters | ![]() |
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6–11, 6–11, 13–11, 11–9, 10–12 | ![]() |
2017 | China Masters | ![]() |
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21–14, 21–6 | ![]() |
2017 | Chinese Taipei Open | ![]() |
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21–16, 22–20 | ![]() |
2017 | New Zealand Open | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–18 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Chinese Taipei Open | ![]() |
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20–22, 10–21 | ![]() |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 4 runners-up)
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Maldives International | ![]() |
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21–15, 21–17 | ![]() |
2013 | Singapore International | ![]() |
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21–12, 25–27, 21–16 | ![]() |
2013 | Polish International | ![]() |
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22–24, 21–14, 21–14 | ![]() |
2013 | Czech International | ![]() |
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22–20, 20–22, 12–21 | ![]() |
2013 | India International | ![]() |
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16–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Singapore International | ![]() |
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14–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
2013 | Czech International | ![]() |
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21–19, 21–13 | ![]() |
2013 | Malaysia International | ![]() |
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15–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Players: Wang Chi-Lin". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b Chao, Yen-hsiang (6 August 2024). "From Tokyo to Paris: Unraveling Taiwan badminton duo's Olympic journey". Focus Taiwan. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "麟洋配登世界男雙第二 排名創下生涯新高" (in Chinese). FTV. 27 September 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "世大運羽球混雙 王齊麟李佳馨逆轉奪金" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "羽球世錦賽》陳宏麟、王齊麟負日摘銅 仍創台灣男雙紀錄" (in Chinese). China Times. 4 August 2018. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "羽球前線》忍住情緒擁抱搭檔 王齊麟/陳宏麟四強止步仍創歷" (in Chinese). Liberty Times. 25 December 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "羽球雙打上演分手劇 「雙李配」掰了" (in Chinese). Liberty Times. 20 December 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (3 April 2019). "Wang Chi-Lin 'Amazed' by Run of Form". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Schwerdt, Joseph (31 July 2021). "Chinese Taipei Makes Badminton History With Men's Doubles Gold". NBC New York. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Ko, Yu-hao; Liu, Tzu-hsuan (9 October 2022). "Olympic duo, actor win top 10 young Taiwanese prize". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics Player Profile - Wang Chi-Lin". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
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- Wang Chi-lin at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Badminton players from Taipei
- Taiwanese male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Taiwan
- Olympic gold medalists for Taiwan
- Olympic medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Summer World University Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade