Ji Xinpeng (; born 30 December 1977) is a retired
Chinese badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player.
Career
Ji Xinpeng is the first Chinese badminton player to win an
Olympic
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Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...
gold medal in men's singles.
Having never previously captured a top-tier event on the international circuit, he surprised the field at the
2000 Games in Sydney by defeating players such as
Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat (born 10 August 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player who is the current Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport of Indonesia. He is a former BWF World Championships, World champion, Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olymp ...
,
and, in the final,
Hendrawan. Prior to the Olympic Games, Ji was also the champion at the Japan Open held in April. He became a coach in the Chinese national badminton team in 2008.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Men's singles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
''Men's singles''
References
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1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Xiamen
Badminton players from Fujian
Chinese male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for China
Olympic gold medalists for China
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Chinese badminton coaches
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