Luan Jin (; born 1958) is a retired male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player from China who rated among the world's best singles players in the early to mid-1980s after China gained entry into the

International Badminton Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(now Badminton World Federation).

Career

Luan won the

All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ...

in men's singles in 1983, reversing a loss to

Morten Frost Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen (born 4 April 1958) is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark. As a player, he spent twelve years in the top three of the world rankings. Badminton career During his career, Frost w ...

in the 1982 final. He was a key member of China's Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1982 and

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, the first of which narrowly won and the second of which narrowly lost the World Team title to arch-rival

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. In these final round Thomas Cup show-downs Luan defeated

Rudy Hartono Rudy Hartono Kurniawan (born Nio Hap Liang (); 18 August 1949) is an Indonesian former badminton player holding the record of winning the men's singles title at the All-England Championship eight times, seven times consecutively from 1968 to 1974 ...

and

Liem Swie King Liem Swie King (; born 28 February 1956) is an Indonesian former badminton player who excelled from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. He won the All England in 1978, 1979 and 1981. He was one of the world's leading singles players of his e ...

Achievements

Asian Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''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''

External links

European results
Badminton players from Fujian Living people Asian Games medalists in badminton 1958 births Chinese male badminton players Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games People from Xiamen Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games 20th-century Chinese people {{PRChina-badminton-bio-stub