has a total of 7 people who have defended the Olympic champions. Interestingly, these 7 people belong to different individual events, which happened to help Guoyu to complete all 5 individual events for the only time.
Ge Fei / Gu Jun : Women’s doubles, Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000
Badminton became an official event in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics , and the first Chinese player won the championship in Atlanta four years later, when Ge Fei / Gu Jun won the first Olympic gold of the Chinese badminton team. The two girls were both born in 1975 and both are from Jiangsu. Ge Fei has a calm personality and Gu Jun has a hot temper. They are a match made in heaven.
In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games , this pair of sisters who are said to have no communication in life won the championship again by virtue of their tacit cooperation. There is no suspense in defending the title this time, because before the Sydney Olympics, they created a new record in the badminton world: from 1996 to 2000, the two were undefeated in the international arena for 4 consecutive years and 3 months.
Zhang Jun / Gao Ling : Mixed doubles, Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004
The mixed doubles event became an official event in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Zhang Jun/Gao Ling were the early overlords. Zhang Jun is fat, but his backcourt smash is powerful, while Gao Ling can be called the wiper in front of the net and has a strong dominance among female players. More importantly, both of them have very good personalities, communicate very smoothly, and cooperate seamlessly.
In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Zhang Jun/Gao Ling, who had not achieved any outstanding results in the world, won the championship in an upset. In the final, they lost the first game 1 to 15 and defeated the famous Indonesian 2-1. Trikus/Xu Yimin. Athens Olympic Games , the big-hearted they narrowly defeated the powerful British combination Robson/Ames in the final 2-1, and achieved the defending title.
Zhang Ning : women's singles, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008
Zhang Ning, a late bloomer, is a legend in the badminton world. He won the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time at the age of 29. With his strong offensive firepower, he won the Athens 2004 Olympic champion. In the final, she defeated Dutch talent Zhang Haili , who had been a pain in the early stages of her career.
2008 Beijing Olympic Games , 33-year-old Zhang Ning was backed by Li Yongbo , went to the Olympics again, and successfully joined his teammate Xie Xingfang in the final. At that time, Xie Xingfang, who was at the peak of her sports career, was more favored, but Zhang Ning relied on her tenacious spirit to have the last laugh 2-1 and completed a great defending title.
Lin Dan : men's singles, Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012
Super Dan is the veteran of the four Olympic dynasties. He participated in the Athens Olympic Games as the top seed in 2004, but unfortunately encountered a round trip. After that, he created his own era. Even with a great opponent like Li Zongwei , he still won two Olympic championships in 2008 and 2012.
Before the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the badminton men's singles competition gradually became more open, Lin Dan's dominance weakened, but he was in the same group as Chen Long , Li Zongwei, Axelsen . In the semi-finals, Lin Dan regrettably turned Li Zongwei 1-2 and missed the opportunity to defend the Olympic champion for the second time. He lost to Axelsen in the bronze medal match.
Fu Haifeng: Men’s doubles, 2012 London (with Cai Yun ), 2016 Rio (with Zhang Nan )
Although the men’s doubles is a weaker single event of the Chinese badminton team, he has also defended the title. Haifeng's overall Olympic record is even better than that of Lin Dan. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun teamed upCheng's Fengyun combination broke into the finals and won a silver medal in the end.
In the 2012 London Olympics , the more mature Fengyun combination finally won the championship strongly, and Fu Haifeng thus won his first Olympic gold medal. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Fu Haifeng defended the men's doubles championship, this time his partner is Zhang Nan. After the Rio Olympics, Fu Haifeng covered his face and cried, saying emotionally that he had no time to contribute to the team, which touched countless fans.
In addition to the above 7 people, we also want to mention Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei . Zhang Nan won the mixed doubles gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics (partner Zhao Yunlei), and the men's doubles gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics; Zhao Yunlei won the women's doubles (partner Tianqing ) and mixed doubles in the 2012 London Olympics Two gold medals.
