Lu Lan (born 2 May 1987) is a

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 from China.

Career

In 2004, she won the

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. In 2006, she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking. In 2007, she won the Denmark Super Series, and was a bronze medalist at the

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, losing to the eventual champion Zhu Lin in the semifinals. In

2008 Beijing Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

, she lost to Xie Xingfang 21–7, 10–21, 12–21 in the semi-finals and was then upset by Maria Kristin Yulianti from Indonesia 21–11, 13–21, 15–21 in the bronze medal match. Earlier in 2008 she had reached the final of the prestigious

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where she lost a very close match to

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Tine Rasmussen Tine Baun (née Rasmussen; born 21 July 1979) is a Danish former badminton player. Most notably, she won the All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles title three times in 2008, 2010, and 2013 – the last of these being her final ...

. In 2009, she achieved her greatest success to date when she won the 2009 BWF World Championship Women's Singles title in Hyderabad, India. The match was against compatriot, and two times winner of the event (2005 and 2006), Xie Xingfang; winning in two straight games 23–21, 21–12. After retiring from the tournament in 2013, she continued her education at the

Beijing Sport University Beijing Sport University (BSU) (), formerly known as "Central Institute of Physical Education" () and "Beijing Institute of Physical Education" (), is a nation-level public university located in Beijing, China. It is one of the National Key Univ ...

. She married Peng Yu in September 2013, and lived in

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. She then became an official umpire on the

BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour is a Badminton World Federation#Grade 2, Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (me ...

, the first renowned player who successfully transitioned to an officiating job in the sport.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Women's singles''

World Cup

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in

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, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, S ...

tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

''Women's singles''

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

References

External links

BWF profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lu, Lan 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Changzhou Badminton players from Jiangsu Chinese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of China Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games World No. 1 badminton players