Chen Lin (badminton)
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| Born | 7 March 1977 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Women's and Mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||
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Chen Lin (Chinese: 陈林, born March 7, 1977) is a former female Chinese badminton player. She starts her career in badminton in her own province - Anhua County Badminton School in 1986 until made it into the first national team in 1999.
She was a solid choice for China during late 90's and early 2000 in women's doubles with Jiang Xuelian, winning several high profile tournaments such as Denmark Open, Hong Kong Open and German Open. She won the bronze medal at the 2001 Badminton World Championships in the women's doubles together with Jiang. Besides women's doubles, Chen Lin is also an established mixed doubles player, winning Dutch Open twice with Chen Qiqiu and also China Open with Liu Yong.
After several downturns of performance in 2003, Chen called it quit in 2004 and continuing her study in administrative management at Jinan University in Guangzhou.