1. Chen Long, born on January 18, 1989 in Shashi District, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, is a Chinese badminton player and Olympic champion.
Joined the national team in 2006, participated in the Olympics for the first time in 2012 and won the third place in the badminton men's singles. In September 2014, he won the men's singles championship of the World Badminton Championships and won his first world championship. In the same year, he ranked first in the badminton world rankings for the first time. In August 2015, he successfully defended his World Championship title. On August 20, 2016, in the badminton men's singles final of the Rio Olympics, Chen Long defeated Lee Chong Wei 2-0 and won the Olympic championship for the first time. This was the third consecutive year that Chen Long defeated Lee Chong Wei in the finals of the World Series and was also a member of the Chinese badminton team. Won three consecutive Olympic badminton men's singles titles.
In April 2017, the Asian Badminton Championships defeated Lin Dan 2:1 and won the Asian Championships men's singles championship for the first time. In November, Chen Long defeated the new World Championship champion Axelsen 2:1 at the China Open and won the championship. 2018 French Open Champion. Defending French Open champion in 2019.
On November 12, 2019, the Badminton World Federation announced the latest world rankings for each event, with Chen Long ranked fourth. In 2021, Chen Long was selected into the list of badminton athletes for the Chinese Sports Delegation at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the same year, he won the silver medal in badminton men's singles at the Tokyo Olympics.
2. Chen Long was born on January 18, 1989 in Jingzhou, Hubei. Entered the Jingzhou Children's Sports School in 1996; joined the Xiamen team in 2000. Due to his weak physical fitness and strength, his best result as a teenager was the top eight in the country; in 2005, he was selected for the National Youth Team and trained three times for the Chinese Youth Team. After that, Chen Long entered the second team of the national team on June 9, 2006, and thus entered the door of the national team.