Zhang Jun (badminton)

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Zhang Jun

Personal information
Birth name	張軍
Date of birth	November 26, 1977 (1977-11-26) (age 30)
Place of birth	Suzhou, Jiangsu province
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb/11.8 st)
Mixed doubles
Country	China
Handedness	Left

Highest Ranking	1 (with Gao Ling) (June 7, 2001^[1])
Current Ranking	10 (with Gao Ling) (March 22, 2007^[2])
BWF Profile

Men's badminton
Olympic medal record
Gold	2000 Sydney	Mixed doubles
Gold	2004 Athens	Mixed doubles

This article is about the contemporary People's Republic of China badminton player. For the leader of the ancient Chinese state Former Liang, see Zhang Jun (Former Liang)(張駿).

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Jun (simplified Chinese: 張軍, born November 26, 1977) is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.

1 Career
- 1.1 Summer Olympics
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Summer Olympics

Zhang competed for the Chinese in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Gao Ling, to defend the title they won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Tsai Chia-Hsin and Cheng Wen-Hsing of Chinese Taipei in the second. In the quarterfinals, Zhang and Gao beat Frederik Bergstrom and Johanna Persson of Sweden 15-3, 15-1 to advance to the semifinals. There, they defeated Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15-9, 15-5. In the final, the defending champions defeated British pair Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms 15-1, 12-15, 15-12 to win the gold medal.