Ji Xinpeng (; born 30 December 1977) is a retired
Chinese
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badminton
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player.
Career
Ji Xinpeng is the first Chinese badminton player to win an
Olympic
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gold medal in men's singles.
Having never previously captured a top-tier event on the international circuit, he surprised the field at the
2000 Games in Sydney by defeating players such as
Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat (born 10 August 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. He is a former World, Olympic, Asian Games, and Asian champion, and the youngest world number one in the men's singles. Hidayat has won the Indonesia Open six tim ...
,
and, in the final,
Hendrawan
Hendrawan (; born 27 June 1972) is an Indonesian badminton coach and former player.
Personal life
Hendrawan began to play badminton at 10 years old and began his top-level career at Cipayung National Training Center. He retired from the Indone ...
. Prior to the Olympic Games, Ji was also the champion at the Japan Open held in April. He became a coach in the Chinese national badminton team in 2008.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Men's singles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
''Men's singles''
References
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1977 births
Living people
People from Xiamen
Badminton players from Fujian
Chinese male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of China
Olympic gold medalists for China
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Chinese badminton coaches
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