viktor axelsen won the gold medal in badminton in 2018.
viktor axelsen won the gold medal in badminton in 2018.
who won the gold medal in badminton in 2018?
viktor axelsen
in january, chen entered the proton malaysia open super series. he was clashed into semi-final match in malaysia against the world number one lee chong wei. against lee chong wei, he went down in straight games 11–21 13–21. a week later, chen went to the korea open super series. he played until the quarter-final match only in the korea open. he was again stopped by the 1st seed lee chong wei with rubber games 14–21 21–15 16–21 and ended the tournament. in march, chen took part in the all england open super series. he lost to japanese kenichi tago with rubber games 20–22 21–19 13–21 in the quarters-final and have no chance for registering in the semi-final. after a week, chen joined the wilson swiss open. chen had classed into the final and had won his first champion in 2010. the finalist he beat was his compatriot chen long. chen jin won in rubber games 12–21 21–15 21–17 in the swiss open final. later in may, chen represented his country china to play the thomas cup finals 2010 which is held in kuala lumpur, malaysia. chen and his others men's team members all had clashed into the final match luckily. chen is ranked no.2 men's singles player of china to play in the thomas cup finals. in the final match, he beat indonesia's simon santoso in rubber games 19–21 21–17 21–7 and had helped all his men's team members won the thomas cup's gold medals again. chinese men's badminton is won 3–0 over the indonesian team at the thomas cup finals. three months later, chen was registering to play the world badminton championships in paris. he was again clashed into the final and won the men's singles gold medal. the finalist playing against him in the 2010 world badminton championships was indonesia's taufik hidayat who has outplayed the world number one lee chong wei in the last eight matches. he beat indonesia's taufik hidayat 21–13 21–15 in the final competition. in september, chen jin joined the china masters super series which is held in his home country. he was outplayed by chou tien-chen from chinese taipei 18–21 8–16 (retired) in the second round because of his leg injury. after a two-month rest, chen came back to play in the 2010 asian games men's team tournament and the individual tournament which were held in guangzhou, china. chen jin again helped chinese men's team reach the final by defeating hong kong's chan yan kit in the quarter-finals, indonesia's simon santoso in the semi-final and in the final match, he beat south korean shon wan-ho with an easy 21–9 21–15 win. chen jin also helped secure the men's team gold medal for china. later in the individual match, chen jin again lost to the world number one lee chong wei in rubber games 21–14 15–21 7–21. chen jin was tied at 15–15 in the second game against lee chong wei but let the world number one overtook him in the second game. in the final game, chen jin made a lot of careless mistakes and allowed the world number one to pull away at 11–4, 16–6 and 20–7. hence, chen jin could only add a bronze medal for china in the individual event. a week later, chen took part in the china open super series which was held in shanghai and reached the semi-finals.
chen jin (badminton)
bullet::::- 2005 — 5th place









































bullet::::- 2006 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2007 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2008 — silver medal









































bullet::::- 2009 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2010 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2011 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2012 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2013 — bronze medal









































bullet::::- 2014 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2015 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2016 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2017 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2018 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2019 — gold medal









































section::::results.:pan american games.









































bullet::::- 1999 — silver medal









































bullet::::- 2003 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2007 — gold medal









































bullet::::- 2011 — gold medal
united states women's national water polo team