Christopher Phillip Langridge (born 2 May 1985) is a retired British

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player. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals. He represented

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, and won a bronze medal in the men's doubles, partnered with

Marcus Ellis Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio d ...

. They also won gold medals at the

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and

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Early life and education

Chris Langridge was born on 2 May 1985 in

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, Surrey. Langridge was educated at

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, a state comprehensive school in the town of

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in southern England. The school were twice National Schools champions. Langridge was introduced to badminton when he was ten by his teacher Jackie Cunningham who was a badminton coach of the county, and within 18 months at the age of twelve he made the England team. He also played tennis for the South East region, and he was a football player as well as a 100-metre and 200-metre runner.

Career

Langridge teamed up with a number of players in the doubles, for example with Peter Mills in the men's doubles, and starting in 2012 with Heather Olver in the mixed doubles. Langridge won three medals at the

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– a silver in the mixed doubles with Olver, a bronze in the men's doubles with Mills, as well as a silver in the mixed team match. By 2013, he has won three gold medals at the

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in the men's doubles (with

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in 2011 and Mills 2013) and mixed doubles (with Olver in 2013). In September 2014, he teamed up with Marcus Ellis. They won the men's doubles title in the

in both 2015 and 2016. They won a bronze in the 2016 European Championships in

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. They have also won medals in the European Team Championships with a silver in the Mixed Team in 2015, and a bronze medal in the Men's Team in 2016. At the

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in Rio, despite ranking only No. 22 in the world, Ellis and Langridge managed to win a bronze, the first Olympic medal in badminton men's doubles won by a British team. At the

held on the

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, Langridge won a gold in the men's doubles with

, which is England's first men's badminton double title at the Games in 40 years. He also won a bronze in the mixed team event. Langridge qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2019 European Games, played in the men's doubles with

. Competed as the second seed, they managed to claim the gold medal after beat the top seed from Denmark

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and

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player. He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final. Rasmussen won the men's ...

in straight games 21–17, 21–10. In October 2020, Langridge and Marcus Ellis won the men's doubles title at the

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, became the first English men's doubles pair in 45 years to win the

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. Langridge competed at the 2021 European Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, and won a bronze in the men's doubles with Ellis. After his deselection from the 2020 Olympics, Langridge retired from international competition. He later became a coach for the French Badminton Team, in 2022.

Personal life

Langridge is married to Emma Page.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

Commonwealth Games

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

European Games

''Men's doubles''

European Championships

''Men's doubles''

BWF World Tour (4 titles)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the

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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (17 titles, 11 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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