Chen Changjie (badminton)

Chen Changjie
陈昌杰
Chen Changjie; 陈昌杰
Personal information
Country	China
Born	4 January 1959 (age 65); Dalian, Liaoning, China
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing China
World Games
World Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships

Chen Changjie (Chinese: 陈昌杰); is a retired professional badminton player from China.

Career

Chen rated among the world's leading singles players when China entered the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation) in 1981. The powerful Changjie won the first major IBF sanctioned tournament in which China participated, the multi-sport 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California, by successively beating Prakash Padukone and Morten Frost in the semifinal and final rounds.^[1]^[2] He helped China to win the 1982 Thomas Cup (world men's team championship) by winning three of his four matches in the last two rounds against Denmark and Indonesia.^[3] In 1983 Changjie won the Asian Championships in a grueling duel with Indonesia's Eddy Kurniawan^[4] The following year Changjie married Zhang Ailing, a brilliant player on the Chinese women's team, and neither appeared in international competition after 1984.

Achievements

World Cup

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hadiyanto	15–12, 15–10	Bronze

World Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Morten Frost	9–15, 15–7, 15–12	Gold

Asian Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Indraprastha Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Liem Swie King	4–15, 6–15	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Shanghai, China	Eddy Kurniawan	11–15, 15–6, 18–15	Gold

References

^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 111.
^ "World Games," World Badminton, September 1981, 16.
^ "Thomas Cup Report," World Badminton, June 1981, 2, 3.
^ Gursharan Singh, "ABC Championships," World Badminton, March 1984, 9.

External links

Chen Changjie at the World Games

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[1] Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 111.

[2] "World Games," World Badminton, September 1981, 16.

[3] "Thomas Cup Report," World Badminton, June 1981, 2, 3.

[4] Gursharan Singh, "ABC Championships," World Badminton, March 1984, 9.

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