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. . Lin Dan. was born in 1983. He is an ordinary child in Longyan, Fujian. His father is . Lin Jianbin and his mother is Gao Xiuyu. When he was a child, his mother often dressed up Lin Dan as his daughter. He started practicing badminton when he was 5 years old.
At that time, Lin Dan was in an amateur class. There were more than a dozen children in the class, and Lin Dan was left-handed when playing basketball. It was also because of this reason that he attracted much attention. At that time, Lin Dan was the youngest child in the class. Because he was too young, his grades were not the best.
7 years old, Lin Dan was sent to Fujian Sports School by his parents. At that age, he lived in the sports school dormitory at such a young age. Lin Dan was not used to it. I often miss my parents and cry secretly when I am alone.
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9 years old, Lin Dan won the men's singles championship in the national youth competition. He participated in the competition and was spotted by the Bayi team. Since then, he joined the Bayi Integrated Works Brigade and became a soldier.
14 years old, Lin Dan came to Nanri Island to experience the life of the army. At that time, he ate and lived with the soldiers, which helped Lin Dan's character cultivation and improvement of his football skills.
In 1998, Lin Dan joined the national youth team. Because of his naughty personality, he performed in the Asian Championships and was retreated to the Fujian team.
In 1999, Lin Dan returned to the national youth team. Lin Dan did not achieve any results at that time. According to tradition, if he could not join the first team, he had to live in the basement. Lin Dan lived in the basement for two years. At that time, he was often eliminated in the first round because he participated in various competitions, so he was nicknamed "Lin Yilun".
Lin Dan has a strong personality. When he was sarcastic, he often practiced and improved his skills at night. He only achieved results since 2002. He won 5 championships and 1 runner-up in 6 open competitions. Because he often won the ball and marching, he was called "Super Dan" by foreign media.
In August 2002, Lin Dan rose to the first place in the world. Lin Dan said: "My growth process was not so smooth. I think it was actually a good thing. When you overcome difficulties, it is a process of improving yourself, so I think it is also good."
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Lin Dan was 21 years old at the time of the Athens Olympics. At that time, he ranked first in the world, and many people thought he could win the gold medal. However, in the first round of that Olympic Games, Lin Yufeng lost to Singapore , people remembered the nickname "Lin Yilun".
The defeat at the Olympics also made Lin Dan think a lot. He won the men's singles championship in the Badminton World Cup at the end of the second year. He won the championship and successfully defended his title in 2006.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he won the men's singles championship in badminton and achieved three consecutive championships in the World Championships in 2009. After winning the Asian Games in 2010, he achieved a Grand Slam.
In the badminton court, Lin Dan was invincible.
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In 2015, when Lin Dan was 32 years old, he held a wedding with Xie Xingfang. The place where the two chose to get married was the Beijing Institute of Technology Stadium where Lin Dan won the Olympic gold medal.
Lin Dan met his wife Xie Xingfang when he was 14 years old. Xie Xingfang was 2 years older than Lin Dan. Xie Xingfang, 16, was already a player of the national badminton youth team at that time. That year, the badminton youth team went to Jinjiang, Fujian for training.
This is where Lin Dan trains in Jinjiang. Lin Dan was still playing in the National Junior Championships at that time. "Afang seemed to be still playing doubles at that time, and she cut her short hair neatly. We exclaimed in the stands: Wow, the legs are so long, and they are so tall." Lin Dan recalled.
Lin Dan fell in love with Xie Xingfang at first sight, and he also made up his mind to catch up with Xie Xingfang. Xie Xingfang is introverted and not good at expressing herself. Lin Dan always feels that she can't find a breakthrough.
can only wait outside the stadium for Xie Xingfang's training to finish. At that time, Lin Dan only talked forward for a few words, but the two of them made little progress.
Guangdong girl Xie Xingfang couldn't accept it when she learned that Lin Dan, who was two years younger than her, was chasing her. He felt that the age was not suitable.
But Lin Dan did not give up. It can be said that he was fighting hard at that time. In order to chase Xie Xingfang, Lin Dan played against each other whenever he had the chance. Every time he smashed a ball, it was called Xie Xingfang's name.
Before the Spring Festival in 2004, Lin Dan secretly sent a text message to Xie Xingfang: The content is that I like you very much and have time to come out to gather.
After two years of consideration, it was not until the 2006 badminton team Spring Festival Gala that Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang announced their relationship to their teammates.
In 2010, the two had actually registered their marriage, but because of the competition task, they didn’t hold their wedding again until 2015.
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The second year after the two got married, Xie Xingfang was pregnant, and the "Lin Dan cheating" incident caused a sensation in the sports world.
In September of that year, Lin Dan was photographed by paparazzi and went to a restaurant with a woman.
This woman is not Xie Xingfang. Afterwards, the media reported that this person is female artist Zhao Yaqi .
In October, Lin Dan went to Guangdong to participate in the National Badminton Team Championships. Lin Dan went back to the Hilton Hotel in , Foshan , to rest in the evening, and was photographed by the media again dating Zhao Yaqi, which was more intimate this time than last time.
After the underground love was exposed, Lin Dan held a press conference to apologize to Xie Xingfang: I am sorry for my wife. If I don’t explain, it’s all my fault. If I make a mistake, I have to bear all the consequences.
Xie Xingmang did not cry or make a fuss about her husband's cheating, and she chose to forgive her. Xie Xing said, "Our family will support this man who dares to take responsibility and knows his mistakes and corrects. Our family will be in the same boat through thick and thin."
Zhao Yaqi completely seduced Lin Dan for her performance career. She was the Miss Universal Travel Champion before. Lin Dan returned to his family after the cheating incident.
In 2016, Lin Dan’s wife Xie Xingfang gave birth to a cute boy. Because both parents were badminton players, the two named the child Xiaoyu.
On July 4, 2020, Lin Dan officially announced his retirement and ended his player career. (End)
