Zhang Nan (badminton)
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Zhang Nan (simplified Chinese: 张楠; traditional Chinese: 張楠; pinyin: Zhāng Nán; born 1 March 1990) is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in both men's and mixed doubles. He found much success in mixed doubles with his former partner Zhao Yunlei. They won gold in 2012 Summer Olympics, 3 golds in BWF World Championships in 2011, 2014 and 2015 and a gold at the 2014 Asian Games. Having won all major events as a pair, they are considered one of the most successful mixed doubles pairs of all time.
Zhang Nan 张楠 | |
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Personal information | |
Country | China |
Born | (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34) Beijing, China |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb)[1] |
Handedness | Right |
Coach | Zhang Jun |
Men's & mixed doubles | |
Highest ranking | 2 (MD 29 September 2016) 1 (XD 27 January 2011) |
Current ranking | 29 (MD with Liu Cheng) (23 August 2022) |
Medal record | |
BWF profile |
Having found huge success in mixed doubles with Zhao, Zhang partnered Fu Haifeng with whom he won gold in 2016 Summer Olympics. After this, Fu retired and Zhang partnered Liu Cheng and became World Champion in the men's doubles at the 2017 BWF World Championships.