Chen Lin (badminton)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Lin (Chinese: 陈林, born March 7, 1977) is a former female Chinese badminton player. She starts her career in badminton in her own province - Anhua County Badminton School in 1986 until made it into the first national team in 1999.^[2]

Chen Lin 陈林
Personal information
Country	China
Born	7 March 1977 (1977-03-07) (age 48) Zhuzhou,[1] Hunan, China
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Spouse	Chen Qiqiu ​ (m. 2006)​
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's and Mixed doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China World Championships 2001 Seville Women's doubles
BWF profile

She was a solid choice for China during late 90's and early 2000 in women's doubles with Jiang Xuelian, winning several high profile tournaments such as Denmark Open, Hong Kong Open and German Open.^[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2001 Badminton World Championships in the women's doubles together with Jiang.^[3] Besides women's doubles, Chen Lin is also an established mixed doubles player, winning Dutch Open^[4] twice with Chen Qiqiu and also China Open with Liu Yong.^[5]

After several downturns of performance in 2003, Chen called it quit in 2004 and continuing her study in administrative management at Jinan University in Guangzhou.^[6]

Personal life

During the SARS epidemic in 2003, Chen composed a song dedicated to the medical staff on the front line fighting against SARS.^[7] This instance charmed one of her mixed doubles partner, Chen Qiqiu and they instantly dating.^[8] They got married in 2006 and had one child named Chen Yinxuan.^[9][10]

Achievements

IBF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Jiang Xuelian	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Walkover	Bronze

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Hong Kong Open	Jiang Xuelian	Qian Hong Liu Lu	15–4, 15–11	Winner
1999	Dutch Open	Jiang Xuelian	Tang Chunyu Zhou Mi	15–9, 15–4	Winner
1999	German Open	Jiang Xuelian	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	15–13, 15–13	Winner
1999	Denmark Open	Jiang Xuelian	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1999	Hong Kong Open	Jiang Xuelian	Huang Sui Lu Ying	15–17, 15–12, 15–8	Winner
2000	Dutch Open	Jiang Xuelian	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2000	Denmark Open	Jiang Xuelian	Zhang Jiewen Wei Yili	15–7, 15–3	Winner
2000	Grand Prix Finals	Jiang Xuelian	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	6–8, 3–7, 7–3, 3–7	Runner-up
2002	Korea Open	Jiang Xuelian	Gao Ling Huang Sui	2–7, 3–7, 7–5, 3–7	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Dutch Open	Chen Qiqiu	Martin Lundgaard Hansen Pernille Harder	15–11, 9–15, 15–10	Winner
1999	Hong Kong Open	Guo Siwei	Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay	11–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2000	Dutch Open	Chen Qiqiu	Simon Archer Erica Van Den Heuvel	8–15, 15–12, 15–10	Winner
2001	China Open	Liu Yong	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen	4–7, 8–7, 8–7, 7–5	Winner

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

  IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

IBF International

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Polish Open	Chen Qiqiu	Vladislav Druzchenko Victoria Evtoushenko	15–7, 15–8	Winner