Chen Changjie (); is a retired professional

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player from China.

Career

Chen rated among the world's leading singles players when China entered the International Badminton Federation (now

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) in 1981. The powerful Changjie won the first major IBF sanctioned tournament in which China participated, the multi-sport 1981

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in Santa Clara, California, by successively beating

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and Morten Frost in the semifinal and final rounds. He helped

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to win the

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(world men's team championship) by winning three of his four matches in the last two rounds against

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and

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. In 1983 Changjie won the Asian Championships in a grueling duel with Indonesia's Eddy KurniawanGursharan Singh, "ABC Championships," ''World Badminton'', March 1984, 9. The following year Changjie married

Zhang Ailing Eileen Chang ( zh, t=張愛玲, s=张爱玲, first=t, w=Chang1 Ai4-ling2, p=Zhāng Àilíng；September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995), also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, or by her pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese-born Am ...

, a brilliant player on the Chinese women's team, and neither appeared in international competition after 1984.

Achievements

World Cup

''Men's singles''

World Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

References

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* 1959 births Living people Chinese male badminton players Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games World Games medalists in badminton World Games gold medalists Competitors at the 1981 World Games Badminton players from Liaoning 21st-century Chinese people 20th-century Chinese people {{PRChina-badminton-bio-stub