| Wang Chi-lin 王齊麟 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Wang (right) at the 2024 Paris Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1995 Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's & mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 2 (MD with Lee Yang, 27 September 2022) 4 (MD with Chen Hung-ling, 25 October 2018) 10 (XD with Lee Chia-hsin, 21 June 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 50 (MD with Chiu Hsiang-chieh, 19 November 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wang Chi-lin (Chinese: 王齊麟; pinyin: Wáng Qílín; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles.[1] He is the 2020 and 2024 Olympics men's doubles champion, becoming the first unseeded men's doubles pair ever in olympic history to win consecutive gold medals.[2] He also won the men's doubles bronze medals at the 2018 World Championships, 2022 Asian Games, and at the 2023 Asian Championships. He reached a career high as World number 2 in September 2022 with his current partner Lee Yang.[3] Wang also competed in the mixed doubles, winning the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade with Lee Chia-hsin,[4] with their career high were number 10 in the BWF World Rankings in June 2018.
- ^ "Players: Wang Chi-Lin". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Chao, Yen-hsiang (6 August 2024). "From Tokyo to Paris: Unraveling Taiwan badminton duo's Olympic journey". Focus Taiwan. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "麟洋配登世界男雙第二 排名創下生涯新高" (in Chinese). FTV. 27 September 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "世大運羽球混雙 王齊麟李佳馨逆轉奪金" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.