Ville Lång (born 14 February 1985) is a
badminton
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player from Finland. He won ten consecutive
Finland's National Championship men's singles title in 2005–2014, and 3 men's doubles title in 2010, 2011, and 2017. In 2003, he won bronze at the
European Junior Championships. Lång competed at the
2008
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and
2012 Summer Olympics
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. He announced his retirement on 31 January 2016, and received a meritorious service award from BWF.
After retired from the international competition, Lång started his coaching career first in Paris where he coached the league team Aulnay-sous-Bois after which he has been the head coach of one local club in Sweden. In 2019, he was elected as vice chairman of BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees.
Achievements
European Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
BWF Grand Prix (1 title)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the
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* Badminton World Federation, an international governing body for badminton
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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation
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(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.
''Men's singles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)
''Men's singles''
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BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF International Series
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tournament
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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
References
External links
European results*
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1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lahti
Finnish male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of Finland
Badminton coaches
20th-century Finnish people
21st-century Finnish people