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Zhang Jun 张军
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1977-11-26) November 26, 1977 (age 46) Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Handedness	Left
Mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Gao Ling) (June 7, 2001)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Mixed doubles 2004 Athens Mixed doubles World Championships 2001 Seville Mixed doubles 2003 Birmingham Mixed doubles 1999 Copenhagen Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team 2001 Seville Mixed team Thomas Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1998 Hong Kong Men's team 2002 Guangzhou Men's team Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Men's team 1998 Bangkok Mixed doubles 2002 Busan Men's team Asia Championships 1997 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2002 Bangkok Mixed doubles 1998 Bangkok Men's doubles 1999 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles Asia Cup 2001 Singapore Men's team
BWF profile

Zhang Jun (simplified Chinese: 张军; traditional Chinese: 張軍; pinyin: Zhāng Jūn; born November 26, 1977, in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a former male badminton player from the People's Republic of China. He is now a coach with the Chinese national team following his retirement as an international player.

As a doubles specialist, the solidly built Zhang Jun won several international men's doubles titles with compatriot Zhang Wei including the Swiss (1998), China (2001), and Thailand (2005) Opens. However, the majority of his titles, and the most prestigious ones, came in mixed doubles when he teamed up with the formidable Gao Ling. These included consecutive gold medals at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, earned by surviving a number of very close matches, particularly in 2000 when they were on the verge of elimination in the semifinals. In a similar fashion, Zhang and Gao captured the 2001 IBF World Championships by squeezing past the brilliant South Korean duo Kim Dong-moon and Ra Kyung-min 17-16 in the third game. Zhang's other titles with Gao include three victories (2001, 2003, and 2006) at the prestigious All-England Championships; the Badminton Asia Championships in 2002; the China Masters in 2005; and the China (2002, 2003), Japan (2003), Indonesia (2004), Malaysia (2004, 2006), Thailand (2005), Singapore (2005), and German (2006) Opens.

Zhang had the honor of being an Olympic torch carrier at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Games.

After retirement, Zhang Jun coached the Chinese national badminton team. He was promoted to head coach of the national badminton doubles team in 2017, before being selected as vice chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association (CBA) in 2018.

On January 28, 2019, Zhang Jun was elected as the chairman of Chinese Badminton Association.

Zhang Jun, as president of the Chinese Badminton Association, competed with Khunying Patama, his counterpart from the Badminton Association of Thailand and Anton Aditya Subowo, president of Badminton Asia, for the position of BWF deputy president but lost; Patama was elected deputy president in May 2019, during the Sudirman Cup tournament in Nanning, China.

Zhang Jun married synchronised swimmer Hu Ni in 2006. Their son was born in 2009. (Zhang Jun's former doubles partner Cai Yun, whom he later also coached, married Hu Ni's teammate Wang Na in 2010.)

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Gao Ling	Trikus Haryanto Minarti Timur	1–15, 15–13, 15–11	Gold
2004	Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece	Gao Ling	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	15–1, 12–15, 15–12	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Zhang Wei	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	6–15, 15–17	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Gao Ling	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	7–15, 8–15	Silver
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Gao Ling	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	15–10, 12–15, 17–16	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Zhang Wei	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin	15–12, 11–15, 13–15	Silver
1999	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Zhang Wei	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	6–15, 4–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Bangkok, Thailand	Liu Lu	Yang Ming Qian Hong	15–12, 17–16	Gold
2002	Bangkok, Thailand	Gao Ling	Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Saralee Thungthongkam	11–7, 11–8	Gold

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Swiss Open	Zhang Wei	Liu Yong Yu Jinhao	17–15, 15–7	Winner
2000	Thailand Open	Zhang Wei	Sigit Budiarto Halim Haryanto	15–5, 15–10	Winner
2001	China Open	Zhang Wei	Chen Qiqiu Liu Yong	7–1, 4–7, 8–6 4–7, 7–5	Winner

• Zhang Jun at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) at the Wayback Machine (archived October 11, 2007)
• Zhang Jun at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Zhang Jun at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Categories:

• 1977 births
• Living people
• Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Olympic badminton players for China
• Olympic gold medalists for China
• Sportspeople from Suzhou
• Badminton players from Jiangsu
• Olympic medalists in badminton
• Asian Games medalists in badminton
• Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games
• Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games
• Chinese male badminton players
• Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Chinese badminton coaches
• Asian Games silver medalists for China
• Asian Games bronze medalists for China
• Nanjing Sport Institute alumni
• Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games