Wang Lin (badminton)

Wang Lin
Personal information
Birth name	王琳
Country	China
Born	March 30, 1989 Hangzhou, China
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Zhang Ning
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1 (8 October 2009[1])
Current ranking	Retired (in 2013[2])
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China World Championships 2010 Paris Women's singles 2009 Hyderabad Women's singles Asian Championships 2008 Johor Bahru Women's singles 2009 Suwon Women's singles Sudirman Cup 2009 Guangzhou Team World Junior Championships 2004 Richmond Mixed team 2007 Waitakere City Girls' singles 2007 Waitakere City Mixed team 2004 Richmond Girls' singles Asian Junior Championships 2005 Girls' singles 2005 Girls' team
BWF profile
Updated on 10:06, 4 November 2013 (UTC).

Wang Lin (born March 30, 1989 in Hangzhou) is a badminton player from China. Wang Lin was crowned the world champion after winning the gold medal at the 2010 BWF World Championships held at Paris defeating fellow Chinese Wang Xin^[3] 21-11, 19-21, 21-13.

In 2006, the 17-year-old, Wang Lin beat Xie Xingfang in the final of the China Masters Super Series.

Shortly after her World Championship triumph in Paris, Wang Lin suffered a severe knee ligament tear during her match against Maria Febe Kusumastuti in China Masters Super Series tournament. The injury was so severe to the extent it ruled out Wang Lin completely from playing for almost six months after her knee operation. From there, her ranking starts to decline and eventually Wang Lin fell out of favour from the first-team line-up as her jittery comeback coincided with the emergence of Wang Shixian and Wang Xin.

After making a comeback, she was clearly far from her best and has not achieved the same success as she once did prior to sustaining the injury. Wang Lin once cited fear of injury recurrence was the one of the main reasons she was not able to play at her best.

On December 4, 2013, she announced her retirement on Tencent Weibo

Achievements

Individual titles (4)

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2010	World Championships	Wang Xin	21–11, 19-21, 21-13
2008	French Open	Xie Xingfang	21–14, 13-21, 21-11
2008	Denmark Open	Zhou Mi	21–18, 21-10
2006	China Masters	Xie Xingfang	21–18, 21–18

     BWF Event

     Super Series tournament

References

1. "BWF World Rankings (10/8/2009)". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
2. "羽毛球世界冠军王琳宣布正式退役 一切都是新的开始" (in Chinese). 5 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
3. "BWF World Championships 2010: China Grabs 5 Golds Again". Retrieved 2010-08-30.

External links

• BWF Player Profile
• badmintoncn.com