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Lin Dan

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Lin Dan (born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, five-time World champion, two-time World Cup champion, two-time Asian games gold medalist, four-time Asian Champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 28 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won the full set of all nine major titles in the badminton world of his time: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas/Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, Year-end Finals, All England Open, Asian Games, and Asian Championships, becoming the third player to achieve this feat after Ge Fei and Gu Jun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lin Dan has received more than 2,771,798 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Lin Dan is the 2nd most popular badminton player (up from 3rd in 2019), the 913th most popular biography from China (down from 874th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Badminton Player.

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS

Among badminton players, Lin Dan ranks 2 out of 117. Before him are Rudy Hartono. After him are Lee Chong Wei, Susi Susanti, Taufik Hidayat, Park Joo-bong, Peter Gade, Alan Budikusuma, Carolina Marín, Viktor Axelsen, Bang Soo-hyun, and Prakash Padukone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Lin Dan ranks 73. Before him are Anahí, Kate Mara, Sola Aoi, Rebeca Linares, Óscar Cardozo, and Utada Hikaru. After him are Ed Skrein, Park Hae-jin, Emmanuel Eboué, Daniel Jarque, Assimi Goïta, and Iko Uwais.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lin Dan ranks 913 out of 1,610. Before him are Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), Cai Chusheng (1906), Lisa Lu (1927), He Guoqiang (1943), An Wang (1920), and Karen Lachmann (1916). After him are Qin Jiwei (1914), Chen Quanguo (1955), Qiao Guanhua (1913), Yitang Zhang (1955), Sun Chunlan (1950), and Zhou Xun (1974).

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS In China

Among badminton players born in China, Lin Dan ranks 1. After him are Zhang Ning (1975), Xie Xingfang (1981), Chen Long (1989), Gao Ling (1979), Cai Yun (1980), Fu Haifeng (1984), Yang Wei (1979), Ji Xinpeng (1977), Zhang Jun (1977), Li Xuerui (1991), and Chen Yufei (1998).

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