Chen Changjie (badminton)

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Chen Changjie (Template:Zh); is a retired professional badminton player from China.

Career

Chen rated among the world's leading singles players when China entered the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation) in 1981. The powerful Changjie won the first major IBF sanctioned tournament in which China participated, the multi-sport 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California, by successively beating Prakash Padukone and Morten Frost in the semifinal and final rounds.[1][2] He helped China to win the 1982 Thomas Cup (world men's team championship) by winning three of his four matches in the last two rounds against Denmark and Indonesia.[3] In 1983 Changjie won the Asian Championships in a grueling duel with Indonesia's Eddy Kurniawan[4] The following year Changjie married Zhang Ailing, a brilliant player on the Chinese women's team, and neither appeared in international competition after 1984.

Achievements

World Cup

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1981 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Template:Flagicon Hadiyanto 15–12, 15–10 Bronze Bronze

World Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1981 San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States Template:Flagicon Morten Frost 9–15, 15–7, 15–12 Gold Gold

Asian Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1982 Indraprastha Indoor Stadium,
New Delhi, India
Template:Flagicon Liem Swie King 4–15, 6–15 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1983 Shanghai, China Template:Flagicon Eddy Kurniawan 11–15, 15–6, 18–15 Gold Gold

References

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  1. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 111.
  2. "World Games," World Badminton, September 1981, 16.
  3. "Thomas Cup Report," World Badminton, June 1981, 2, 3.
  4. Gursharan Singh, "ABC Championships," World Badminton, March 1984, 9.

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External links

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