Zhang Dan (; born 16 January 1982) is a Chinese
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 and in 2008 she started representing
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
.
Career
Zhang was specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events.
At the
2005 World Championships tournament she took a bronze in women's doubles with
Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen (; born 9 March 1985) is a badminton player from China.
Career
Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either Zhang Dan, ...
.
At the
2007 Summer Universiade
The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, ...
she took a silver medal with the Chinese mixed team and two individual bronze medals in women's doubles with
Wang Lin and in mixed doubles with
Chen Hong.
She reached nine finals at Grand Prix events in women's doubles between 2003 and 2006, winning three events with
Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen (; born 9 March 1985) is a badminton player from China.
Career
Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either Zhang Dan, ...
, the 2004
Thailand Open &
German Open and the 2005
Singapore Open.
In 2007, she became the women's doubles semifinalist of the Korea International Challenge tournament partnered with
Zhang Zhibo.
In 2008, she became the women's doubles runner-up of the
China Masters The Fuzhou China Open, formerly known as China Masters, is an annual badminton tournament held in China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. In 2014 the level of the tournament was downgraded to BWF Grand Prix Gold because, ...
tournament partnered with Zhang Zhibo. They were defeated by
Cheng Shu
Cheng Shu (; born 11 July 1987) is a Chinese badminton doubles player.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
''Women's doubles''
Asian Championships
''Women's doubles''
East Asian Games
''Women's doubles''
Asian Junior Championshi ...
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 ...
of
China
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in straight games 14–21, 11–21.
In 2009, she and partner Zhang Zhibo won the gold medal for Macau at the
East Asian Games
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in the women's doubles event after they beat the top seeds from
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
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 ...
and
Wang Xiaoli
Wang Xiaoli (; born 24 June 1989) is a Chinese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. In 2012, she competed at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
Career
In 2005, she joined the Chinese national second team and officially became the f ...
with the score 22–20, 21–16. She also became the women's doubles semifinalist of the
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
and
Denmark Open
The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Badminton Denmark.
The Denmark Open was part of the BWF Super Series Premier from 2011 to 2017. BWF categorised it as one of ...
tournaments. At Macau, she and her partner Zhang Zhibo were defeated by the
2008 Olympic Games
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gold medalist
Du Jing
Du Jing (; born 23 June 1984) is a former China, Chinese badminton player from Anshan, Liaoning.
Career
A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang (badminton), Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doub ...
and
Yu Yang with the score 10–21, 17–21; and at Denmark, they were defeated by
Pan Pan and
Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen (; born 9 March 1985) is a badminton player from China.
Career
Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either Zhang Dan, ...
of China.
In 2010, she qualified to represent Macau at the
Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
. However, in accordance with the competition rules, players must be three years after they last competed for their country of origin before they will be able to represent the country, so her entry qualification was canceled; the Macau team also decided to withdraw from the competition. Not long after Zhang Dan retired from playing on international level.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
''Women's doubles''
World Cup
''Women's doubles''
Summer Universiade
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
East Asian Games
''Women's doubles''
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in
2007
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, 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 has two level such as
Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,
with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
''Women's doubles''
IBF Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.
''Women's doubles''
References
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1982 births
Living people
Badminton players from Liaoning
Chinese female badminton players
Macau female badminton players
Universiade medalists in badminton
Universiade silver medalists for China
Universiade bronze medalists for China
Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for China
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade