Wang Chi-lin

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 Olympics men's doubles champion.

Wang Chi-lin
王齊麟
Personal information
CountryTaiwan
Born (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Years active2009–present
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (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 ranking10 (MD with Lee Yang 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Men's doubles
World Championships
2018 Nanjing Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
2024 Chengdu Men's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
Asian Championships
2023 Dubai Men's doubles
Summer Universiade
2017 Taipei Mixed doubles
2017 Taipei Mixed team
World Junior Championships
2011 Taipei Boys' doubles
2011 Taipei Mixed team
2013 Bangkok Boys' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Gimcheon Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Career

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.[2] In 2022, Wang and Lee were named two of Taiwan's Ten Outstanding Young Persons by the Junior Chamber International Taiwan.[3]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza,
Tokyo, Japan
Lee Yang Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
21–18, 21–12 Gold

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China
Chen Hung-ling Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
17–21, 10–21 Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Lee Yang Choi Sol-gyu
Kim Won-ho
12–21, 10–21 Bronze

Summer Universiade

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan
Lee Chia-hsin Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub
Goh Yea Ching
12–21, 21–16, 21–14 Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Lee Yang Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
18–21, 14–13 retired Bronze

World University Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Municipal Sport Palace Vista Alegre,
Córdoba, Spain
Tseng Min-hao Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif
Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin
21–8, 8–21, 16–21 Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Taoyuan Arena,
Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan
Tien Tzu-chieh Nelson Heg
Teo Ee Yi
8–21, 17–21 Bronze
2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand
Tien Tzu-chieh Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
10–21, 17–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
Wu Hsiao-lin Arya Maulana Aldiartama
Edi Subaktiar
21–17, 20–22, 10–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 9 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] 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.[5]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Chen Hung-ling Berry Angriawan
Hardianto
21–17, 21–17 Winner
2018 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Chen Hung-ling Liao Min-chun
Su Ching-heng
22–20, 21–9 Winner
2018 Korea Masters Super 300 Po Li-wei Choi Sol-gyu
Seo Seung-jae
12–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Lee Yang Kim Won-ho
Seo Seung-jae
21–8, 23–21 Winner
2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Lee Yang Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Lee Yang Akira Koga
Taichi Saito
16–21, 22–20, 21–15 Winner
2019 India Open Super 500 Lee Yang Angga Pratama
Ricky Karanda Suwardi
21–14, 21–14 Winner
2019 U.S. Open Super 300 Lee Yang Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
13–21, 21–17, 3–6 retired Runner-up
2019 Korea Masters Super 300 Lee Yang Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong
21–19, 20–22, 21–19 Winner
2020 Spain Masters Super 300 Lee Yang Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2020 (I) Thailand Open Super 1000 Lee Yang Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong
21–16, 21–23, 21–19 Winner
2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 Lee Yang Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik
21–13, 21–18 Winner
2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Lee Yang Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
21–17, 23–21 Winner
2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Lee Yang Man Wei Chong
Tee Kai Wun
18–21, 21–10, 18–21 Runner-up
2023 Japan Open Super 750 Lee Yang Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi
21–19, 21–13 Winner
2023 Hylo Open Super 300 Lee Yang Liu Yuchen
Ou Xuanyi
22–24, 13–21 Runner-up
2023 Korea Masters Super 300 Lee Yang Lee Jhe-huei
Yang Po-hsuan
17–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Lee Chia-hsin Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung
21–19, 14–21, 21–19 Winner
2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Cheng Chi-ya Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung
18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019 Macau Open Super 300 Cheng Chi-ya Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
11–21, 8–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

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
2015 Malaysia Masters Chen Hung-ling Kenta Kazuno
Kazushi Yamada
19–21, 21–14, 17–21 Runner-up
2016 Chinese Taipei Open Chen Hung-ling Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
17–21, 21–17, 22–24 Runner-up
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Chen Hung-ling Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
6–11, 6–11, 13–11, 11–9, 10–12 Runner-up
2017 China Masters Chen Hung-ling Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko
21–14, 21–6 Winner
2017 Chinese Taipei Open Chen Hung-ling Lee Jhe-huei
Lee Yang
21–16, 22–20 Winner
2017 New Zealand Open Chen Hung-ling Ong Yew Sin
Teo Ee Yi
21–16, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Chinese Taipei Open Lee Chia-hsin Seo Seung-jae
Kim Ha-na
20–22, 10–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Maldives International Tien Tzu-chieh Arya Maulana Aldiartama
Alfian Eko Prasetya
21–15, 21–17 Winner
2013 Singapore International Chen Chung-jen Jagdish Singh
Roni Tan Wee Long
21–12, 25–27, 21–16 Winner
2013 Polish International Chen Chung-jen Christopher Rusdianto
Trikusuma Wardhana
22–24, 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2013 Czech International Chen Chung-jen Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha
22–20, 20–22, 12–21 Runner-up
2013 India International Tien Tzu-chieh Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy
16–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Singapore International Chen Szu-yu Vasin Nilyoke
Chayanit Chaladchalam
14–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2013 Czech International Wu Ti-jung Jakub Bitman
Alžběta Bášová
21–19, 21–13 Winner
2013 Malaysia International Wu Ti-jung Alfian Eko Prasetya
Shendy Puspa Irawati
15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Wang Chi-Lin". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  2. Schwerdt, Joseph (31 July 2021). "Chinese Taipei Makes Badminton History With Men's Doubles Gold". NBC New York. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. Ko, Yu-hao; Liu, Tzu-hsuan (9 October 2022). "Olympic duo, actor win top 10 young Taiwanese prize". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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