Lin Dan Profile

Lin Dan is a men single left handed badminton player from Fujian, China. Lin Dan or 'Super Dan,' was born on 14 October 1983. He is the most dominant badminton single player in the world now. He has got first rank for two years after 2004. But Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia took his position in 2006 for a short period of time. And then Lin Dan took the first rank again until now.

Lin Dan won the 2007 World badminton Championships in men's single, beating Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia in the final to become the 2nd player after Yang Yang to win the men's single championship back to back, after taking the gold medal in the 2006 World Badminton Championships. Among the tournaments Lin Dan has won are the All England Open (2004, 2006, and 2007), China Masters, and also assisting China in winning three Thomas Cup in year 2004, 2006, and 2008 in a row. In all 5 matches played by Lin Dan in the Thomas Cup 2008, he only defeated to Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia in the semi final. And Lin Dan grab the first point for China in the final by defeating Park Sung Hwan from Korea.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Lin Dan got the gold medal. He defeated Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in final with straight set 21-12, 21-8.