Zhang Nan
Zhang Nan
Zhang Nan, born in Beijing on March 1, 1990, is a Chinese Badminton Doubles player. The mixed doubles champion in London 2012 and the men's doubles champion in Rio 2016. Zhang Nan is the second and China's first Olympic gold medalist in men's doubles and mixed doubles in Olympic history. The first triple champion of mixed doubles in the history of the world championships. At the same time, he is also a grand slam athlete who has won the Olympic Games, the world championships, the Asian Games, the Asian Championships, the military games, the all England Championships, and many world badminton super series and finals.
Mixed doubles champion of 2011 world badminton championship. 2012 London Olympic games badminton mixed doubles champion. 2014 World Badminton Championship mixed doubles champion. The mixed doubles champion of the 2015 World Badminton Championships (Zhao Yunlei is the partner of mixed doubles), the men's doubles champion of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games (Fu Haifeng is the partner of men's doubles), and the men's doubles champion of the 2017 World Badminton Championships (Liu Cheng is the partner of men's doubles). On September 3, 2017, the Beijing Men's team, led by Lin Dan and Zhang Nan, won the finals of the 13th National Games with a 3-2 victory over Wei Fujian men's team, the champion, won the championship of men's badminton team in the National Games for the first time. May 2018, member of the Thomas Cup champion team. The champion of badminton men's doubles and men's team in the 2019 world military games. In July 2020, he was named the most successful athlete in the history of Olympic badminton competition by the World Badminton Federation.
Early experience
In 2015, Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei was nominated as the best combination of CCTV sports figures of the year in 2015. On September 14, 2016, the Beijing sports system commendation conference of Rio Olympic Games won the capital labor medal. On December 15, 2016, Fu Haifeng was nominated for best person in CCTV sports.
Born in 1990, Zhang Nan's character and living habits have nothing to do with what people often call "post-90s". Huang Guoxing, one of Zhang Nan's teammates in Beijing, recalled: "at that time, everyone was 14 or 15 years old. It was a time when they loved to play and make trouble. We usually like to go shopping and sometimes play games in our room on weekends, but Zhang Nan seldom takes part in recreational activities. His life is basically training dormitory training dormitory. He seldom talks at ordinary times. When we go out to play in the evening, he will practice for himself. "
As teammates said, Zhang Nan was very introverted when he was a child, and his character was a little "stuffy", but when he came across things related to training, he talked more and became stubborn. When Xiao Hui was guiding him, he was often bombarded with questions like "getting to the bottom". It is common for them to discuss a tactical issue for a long time. In the long process of discussion, Xiao Hui was not impatient, but a little pleased: "this child has his own ideas and independent analysis ability. It's hard to have such an opinion at the age of 15. "
Like most badminton players, Zhang Nan was born in singles when he was a child. Later, he turned to doubles when he was older. "When Zhang Nan entered the Beijing team, he was only 14 years old. At that time, his skills were not finalized and he could see some potential, but he was not particularly outstanding among his peers." Xiao Hui introduced the situation of Zhang Nan at that time.
More than a year after entering the Beijing team, the training team found that although Zhang Nan was very tall, his movements were very flexible, and he had fast reaction before the net, and he had the ability to predict and awareness of doubles. At that time, whether it was the national team or the Beijing team, the competition in singles was fierce, and Zhang Nan's personal characteristics were very suitable for practicing doubles, so the coaching team transferred him to the doubles group. Xiao Hui said: "although Zhang Nan has not violated the arrangement of the coaching staff, he is still very reluctant. The first choice in his mind is singles However, this reluctance was gradually eliminated after entering the doubles group. Zhang Nan's level in doubles improved by leaps and bounds. He was soon recommended by Beijing team to the national team for trial training, and then selected into the national team.
Sports career
In 2005, Zhang Nan was selected into the Beijing team and changed from singles to doubles.
He was selected into the second national team on October 13, 2006.
In 2008, Zhang Nan played for the national team in the World Youth Badminton Championship in Pune, India, and entered the mixed doubles final with Lu Lu. However, he lost to his teammate Chai Biao / Xie Jing 0-2 (19-21, 15-21) and came second.
At the beginning of 2009, Zhang Nan and Lu Lu paired at the Golden Grand Prix of badminton in the Philippines, and finally won the championship. This is also his first open championship in the adult category.
In 2009, he was promoted to the national first team, and at the beginning, he mainly acted as a training partner; but less than a year after entering the first team, he was selected into the team of the 2010 Thomas Cup, and finally helped the Chinese men's team to win the Thomas Cup, winning his first world championship.
In 2010, Zhang Nan won the men's Doubles Championship with Chai Biao in the IFB German open. In the same year, he began to partner with Zhao Yunlei in mixed doubles and won the mixed doubles championship in the British Open.
In 2011, Zhang Nan and his partner Zhao Yunlei won the mixed doubles championship in the finals of the World Badminton Federation and entered the final four of the British Open. On August 13 of the same year, Zhao Yunlei / Zhang Nan won the world badminton championship by beating the host player 2-0. This year, Zhang Nan and his partner climbed to the top of the world.
In 2012, Zhang Nan and his partner Zhao Yunlei won the mixed doubles championship in London Olympic Games.
In 2016, Zhang Nan and his partner Fu Haifeng won the men's Doubles Championship in Singapore Badminton Open. August 17, the third place of mixed doubles badminton in Rio Olympic Games. On August 20, Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan defeated Malaysia's Wu Weisheng / Chen Weiqiang 2-1 in the men's doubles badminton final of the Rio Olympic Games, which was Guoyu's first gold medal in the Rio Olympic Games.
On August 27, 2017, in the men's doubles semi-final of the 2017 World Badminton Championships, Zhang Nan / Liu Cheng beat his teammates Chai Biao / Hong Wei 21-17 and 21-19 to advance to the final. On August 28, in the men's doubles final of the 2017 World Badminton Championships, Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan played very well. They always took the initiative in the field. In only 37 minutes, they beat Indonesia's Ashan / saptrow by 21-10 and 21-17. Zhang Nan / Liu Cheng won the world championship for the first time. China has won the men's doubles championship since 2011. Zhang Nan has won the world championships in both men's doubles and mixed doubles.
On May 27, 2018, the 2018 Thomas Cup came to an end in Bangkok, Thailand. Zhang Nan and his teammates Chen long, Liu Cheng, Shi Yuqi, Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen beat Japan 3-1 to win the championship.
On August 6, 2018, Zhang Nan was selected into the list of Chinese sports delegation for the 18th Asian Games.
On August 23, 2018, the Chinese men's badminton team, composed of Shi Yuqi, Li Junhui, Liu Yuchen, Chen long, Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan, defeated the host Indonesian men's team 3-1 to win the championship.
On October 23, 2019, the Chinese team won the gold medal in the men's badminton team competition of the 7th world military games by defeating South Korea 3-0. Men's doubles Zhang Nan / Tan Qiang won the championship.
Career data
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two thousand and eight
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2008 World Youth Badminton Championship mixed doubles runner up
Mixed team champion of 2008 World Youth Badminton Championship
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two thousand and nine
[year]
Top four mixed doubles in 2009 Malaysia Gold Grand Prix (with Pan Pan Pan)
Mixed doubles champion of 2009 Philippine badminton Golden Grand Prix (with Lu Lu)
2009 World Badminton Federation Super Series China open mixed doubles top four
The 5th East Asian Games (Hong Kong) Badminton Men's team champion, men's doubles top four (with Chai Biao), mixed doubles runner up (with Ma Jin)
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two thousand and ten
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2010 World Badminton Federation Super Series Korea Open Men's doubles top four (with Chai Biao)
2010 World Badminton Federation Super Series Malaysia open men's doubles top four (with Chai Biao)
2010 German Gold Grand Prix men's doubles champion (with Chai Biao)
Mixed doubles champion of the 100th all England Super Series of 2010 World Badminton Federation Super Series (with Zhao Yunlei)
Top eight mixed doubles of 2010 Swiss Gold Grand Prix (with Tian Qing)
Champion of 2010 Malaysia Thomas Cup
Mixed doubles champion of 2010 Luxemburg golden badminton match (with Zhao Yunlei)
Top four men's doubles (with Chai Biao) and mixed doubles champion (with Zhao Yunlei) in 2010 World Badminton Federation Super Series Japan Open
2010 Guangzhou Asian Games men's team champion, mixed doubles runner up (with Zhao Yunlei)
2010 World Badminton Federation Super Series top competition China open mixed doubles runner up (with Zhao Yunlei), men's doubles runner up (with Chai Biao)
2010 World Badminton Federation Super Series Hong Kong Open mixed doubles runner up (with Zhao Yunlei)
2010 World Badminton Federation Super Series final mixed doubles champion (with Zhao Yunlei) (won on January 9, 2011)
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two thousand and eleven
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2011 World Badminton Federation Super Series Malaysia open mixed doubles top eight (with Zhao Yunlei)
Mixed doubles champion of 2011 World Badminton Federation Super Series top level competition Korea open (with Zhao Yunlei)
The top eight mixed doubles of the 101st all England Badminton Open in the 2011 World Badminton Federation Super Series (with Zhao Yunlei)
Mixed doubles champion of 2011 Asian Badminton Championship (with Zhao Yunlei)
New additions to the 2011 World Badminton Federation Super Series
Chinese PinYin : Zhang Nan
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