Xu Chen (; born 29 November 1984) is a
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 pe ...
player from China. In 2010, he (along with his partner
Guo Zhendong
Guo Zhendong (; born 4 August 1984) is a badminton player from China. , he (along with his partner Xu Chen) was ranked within the top 10 male badminton doubles teams in the world. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
Career
A men's ...
) was ranked within the top 10 men's badminton doubles in the world. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, he competed in the mixed doubles with
Ma Jin
Ma Jin (; born 7 May 1988) is a badminton player from China who specialises in women's and mixed doubles. She partnered Wang Xiaoli in women's doubles and excelled in the category until 2010 when both players are split after China failed to defe ...
, winning the silver medal. In the final they lost to
Zhang Nan and
Zhao Yunlei
Zhao Yunlei (born 25 August 1986) is a mixed and women's doubles badminton player from China. She graduated with a BA from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She is the first and only badminton player to have ever won two gold medals ...
, also from China. He married a former Chinese national badminton team player,
Pan Pan on 3 June 2014.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Mixed doubles''
BWF World Championships
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Games
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Championships
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
East Asian Games
''Mixed doubles''
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the
Badminton World 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 ...
(BWF). BWF Superseries levels are
Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.
Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...
tournament
:
BWF Superseries Premier tournament
:
BWF Superseries
The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007.
Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...
tournament
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the
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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World 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 ...
(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
References
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1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Nanjing
Badminton players from Jiangsu
World No. 1 badminton players
Chinese male badminton players
Olympic badminton players of China
Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for China
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in badminton
Universiade silver medalists for China
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade