Wang Chi-lin

Wang Chi-lin
王齊麟
Wang Chi-lin; 王齊麟
Personal information
Country	Taiwan
Born	18 January 1995 (age 27); Taipei, Taiwan
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Years active	2009–present
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	4 (MD with Chen Hung-ling 25 October 2018); 3 (MD with Lee Yang 2 February 2021); 10 (XD with Lee Chia-hsin 21 June 2018)
Current ranking	3 (MD with Lee Yang); 28 (XD with Cheng Chi-ya) (17 August 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
World Championships
Asian Games
Summer Universiade
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	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.^[2] He is the 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion.

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.^[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

BWF 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

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

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

BWF World Junior Championships[]

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Tien Tzu-chieh	Nelson Wei Keat 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 (10 titles, 6 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 Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), 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		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

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	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	Chaladchalam Chayanit	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2013	Czech International	Wu Ti-jung	Jakub Bitman Alzbeta Basova	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[]

^ "Chinese Taipei men's doubles team rise to No. 3 in new badminton world rankings". ocasia.org. Badminton World Federation. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021 – via Olympic Council of Asia.
^ "Players: Wang Chi-Lin". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ Schwerdt, Joseph (31 July 2021). "Chinese Taipei Makes Badminton History With Men's Doubles Gold". NBC New York. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ 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[]

Wang Chi-lin at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

[1] "Chinese Taipei men's doubles team rise to No. 3 in new badminton world rankings". ocasia.org. Badminton World Federation. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021 – via Olympic Council of Asia.

[2] "Players: Wang Chi-Lin". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[3] Schwerdt, Joseph (31 July 2021). "Chinese Taipei Makes Badminton History With Men's Doubles Gold". NBC New York. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[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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v t Olympic badminton men's doubles champions
As demonstration and exhibition sport	1972: Ade Chandra & Christian Hadinata (INA) (demonstration) 1988: Li Yongbo & Tian Bingyi (CHN) (exhibition)
As official sport	1992: Kim Moon-soo & Park Joo-bong (KOR) 1996: Rexy Mainaky & Ricky Subagja (INA) 2000: Tony Gunawan & Candra Wijaya (INA) 2004: Ha Tae-kwon & Kim Dong-moon (KOR) 2008: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan (INA) 2012: Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (CHN) 2016: Fu Haifeng & Zhang Nan (CHN) 2020: Lee Yang & Wang Chi-lin (TPE)