Cai Yun
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cai (蔡).
| Cai Yun | |
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| Personal information | |
| Birth name | 蔡赟 |
| Date of birth | January 19, 1980 |
| Place of birth | Jiangsu |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 65 kg (140 lb/10.2 st) |
| Men's doubles | |
| Country |  P. R. of China |
| Handedness | Right |
| Highest Ranking | 1 (March 15, 2007) |
| Current Ranking | 2 (October 11, 2007) |
| BWF Profile | |
Cai Yun (Simplified Chinese: 蔡赟, pinyin: Cài Yūn, born January 19, 1980 in Jiangsu) is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.
Cai competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Fu Haifeng. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Keita Masuda and Tadashi Ohtsuka of Japan in the second. In the quarterfinals, Cai and Fu lost to Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen of Denmark 3-15, 15-11, 15-8.
Together with Fu Haifeng he became the 2006 World Champion in men's doubles.
[edit] Major achievements
| Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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| World Championships | |||
| 1 | Doubles | 2006 | Madrid, ESP |
| Semi-Finalist | Doubles | 2003 | Birmingham, GBR |
| Thomas & Uber Cup | |||
| 1 | Team | 2006 | JAPAN |
| 1 | Team | 2004 | Jakarta, INDONESIA |
| Asian Championships | |||
| 1 | Team | 2006 | Doha, QATAR |
| World Grand Prix | |||
| 1 | Doubles | 2007 | China Masters Super Series |
| 1 | Doubles | 2007 | Singapore Open Super Series |
| 1 | Doubles | 2006 | Macau Open Championship |
| 1 | Doubles | 2006 | CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN |
| 1 | Doubles | 2005 | Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Badminon Championship |
| 1 | Doubles | 2005 | YONEX ALL ENGLAND OPEN |
| 1 | Doubles | 2005 | YONEX GERMAN OPEN |
| 1 | Doubles | 2004 | SWISS OPEN |
| 2 | Doubles | 2006 | CHINA OPEN |
| 2 | Doubles | 2006 | CHINA MASTERS |
| 2 | Doubles | 2005 | PROTON MALAYSIA OPEN |
| 2 | Doubles | 2004 | DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN |
| 2 | Doubles | 2004 | YONEX OPEN JAPAN |
| 2 | Doubles | 2003 | YONEX GERMAN OPEN |
| 2 | Doubles | 2003 | PROTON EON MALAYSIA OPEN |
[edit] References
- ^ Cai and Fu – China’s new hope in men’s double, BadZine.info, 15 September 2006
[edit] External links
- (Chinese) Cai Yun's Blog
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