Lin Dan is one of the most popular and richest Badminton Player who was born on October 14, 1983 in Longyan, China. He is considered one of the greatest badminton players in the world and won gold in the men’s singles at both the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2012 Olympic Games.
He was awarded a gold medal at London Olympics 2012, along with American gymnast Gabby Doug.
Lin emerged as a winner in the 2000 Badminton Asia Junior Championships in both the team and the singles events. He was also a member of the winning Chinese team and a boys’ singles semi-finalist in the 2000 World Junior Championships.
Lin was born to a Hakka family in Shanghang County, Longyan, Fujian. At a young age, Lin Dan was encouraged to learn to play the piano by his parents, and to be a pianist. However, he chose to play badminton instead. Having started his training at the age of five, he was scouted by the People’s Liberation Army Sports Team after winning the National Junior Championships aged twelve, and was enlisted into the Chinese National Badminton Team in 2001, when he was 18.
In 2012, he married He married Xie Xingfang, also a world champion badminton player, in 2012.. He was also a world champion badminton player.
