Zhang Nan (badminton)
| Zhang Nan 张楠 | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country | China |
| Born | 1 March 1990 Beijing, China |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Spouse | |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Zhang Jun |
| Men's & mixed doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 2 (MD with Fu Haifeng 29 September 2016) 2 (MD with Liu Cheng 21 June 2018) 1 (XD with Zhao Yunlei 27 January 2011) 3 (XD with Li Yinhui 24 August 2017) |
Medal record | |
| BWF profile | |
Zhang Nan (simplified Chinese: 张楠; traditional Chinese: 張楠; pinyin: Zhāng Nán; born 1 March 1990) is a Chinese former professional badminton player who specializes in both men's and mixed doubles. He found much success in mixed doubles with his former partner Zhao Yunlei. They won gold in 2012 Summer Olympics, 3 golds in BWF World Championships in 2011, 2014 and 2015 and a gold at the 2014 Asian Games. Having won all major events as a pair, they are considered one of the most successful mixed doubles pairs of all time. Zhang Nan himself is considered to be one of the all-time greats of badminton.
Having found huge success in mixed doubles with Zhao, Zhang partnered Fu Haifeng with whom he won gold in 2016 Summer Olympics. After this, Fu retired and Zhang partnered Liu Cheng and became World Champion in the men's doubles at the 2017 BWF World Championships.