Wang Chi-lin (; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 and 2024 Olympics men's doubles champion, becoming the first doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals, and the first unseeded men's double to win the Olympics gold medals. He also won the men's doubles bronze medals at the 2018 World Championships, 2022 Asian Games, and at the 2023 Asian Championships. He reached a career high as World number 2 in September 2022 with his former partner Lee Yang. Wang also competed in the mixed doubles, winning the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade with Lee Chia-hsin, with their career high were number 10 in the BWF World Rankings in June 2018.

Career In 2018, Wang won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships with Chen Hung-ling. He then represented Chinese Taipei in the 2018 Asian Games, helping the team won the men's team bronze medal.

When his partner Chen Hung-ling retired from the international competition, Wang formed a new partnership with Lee Yang. Wang and Lee were classmates in junior high school. The duo reached six finals in the 2019 BWF World Tour, managing to win the Spain Masters, Orléans Masters, India Open, and Korea Masters. He also finished as the mixed doubles finalist in the Spain Masters with new partner Cheng Chi-ya.

In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang defeated the 2018 World Champions' Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the men's doubles final. They became the first unseeded pair to win a gold medal in the Olympics' men's doubles badminton. This was Chinese Taipei's first Olympic medal in badminton. In 2022, Wang and Lee were named two of Taiwan's Ten Outstanding Young Persons by the Junior Chamber International Taiwan.

In 2024, at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang repeated the feat to win in the men's doubles finals as an unseeded pair, making history as the first men’s doubles pair to successfully defend their Olympic title.

Achievements

Olympic Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2020 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan Lee Yang Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 21–18, 21–12 Gold 2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Lee Yang Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 21–17, 18–21, 21–19 Gold

World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,Nanjing, China Chen Hung-ling Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda 17–21, 10–21 Bronze

Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Lee Yang Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho 12–21, 10–21 Bronze

Summer Universiade Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Taipei Gymnasium,Taipei, Taiwan Lee Chia-hsin Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub Goh Yea Ching 12–21, 21–16, 21–14 Gold

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,Dubai, United Arab Emirates Lee Yang Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 18–21, 14–13 retired Bronze

World University Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Municipal Sport Palace Vista Alegre,Córdoba, Spain Tseng Min-hao Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 21–8, 8–21, 16–21 Bronze

World Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 Taoyuan Arena,Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan Tien Tzu-chieh Nelson Heg Teo Ee Yi 8–21, 17–21 Bronze 2013 Indoor Stadium Huamark,Bangkok, Thailand Tien Tzu-chieh Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 10–21, 17–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,Gimcheon, South Korea Wu Hsiao-lin Arya Maulana Aldiartama Edi Subaktiar 21–17, 20–22, 10–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (13 titles, 9 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Chen Hung-ling Berry Angriawan Hardianto 21–17, 21–17 Winner 2018 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Chen Hung-ling Liao Min-chun Su Ching-heng 22–20, 21–9 Winner 2018 Korea Masters Super 300 Po Li-wei Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae 12–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up 2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Lee Yang Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae 21–8, 23–21 Winner 2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Lee Yang Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Lee Yang Akira Koga Taichi Saito 16–21, 22–20, 21–15 Winner 2019 India Open Super 500 Lee Yang Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi 21–14, 21–14 Winner 2019 U.S. Open Super 300 Lee Yang Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol 13–21, 21–17, 3–6 retired Runner-up 2019 Korea Masters Super 300 Lee Yang Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong 21–19, 20–22, 21–19 Winner 2020 Spain Masters Super 300 Lee Yang Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2020 (I) Thailand Open Super 1000 Lee Yang Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong 21–16, 21–23, 21–19 Winner 2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 Lee Yang Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 21–13, 21–18 Winner 2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Lee Yang Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 21–17, 23–21 Winner 2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Lee Yang Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun 18–21, 21–10, 18–21 Runner-up 2023 Japan Open Super 750 Lee Yang Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi 21–19, 21–13 Winner 2023 Hylo Open Super 300 Lee Yang Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi 22–24, 13–21 Runner-up 2023 Korea Masters Super 300 Lee Yang Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2025 Taipei Open Super 300 Chiu Hsiang-chieh Kang Min-hyuk Ki Dong-ju 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2025 Hylo Open Super 500 Chiu Hsiang-chieh Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 21–19, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Lee Chia-hsin Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung 21–19, 14–21, 21–19 Winner 2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Cheng Chi-ya Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2019 Macau Open Super 300 Cheng Chi-ya Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 11–21, 8–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 4 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Malaysia Masters Chen Hung-ling Kenta Kazuno Kazushi Yamada 19–21, 21–14, 17–21 Runner-up 2016 Chinese Taipei Open Chen Hung-ling Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 17–21, 21–17, 22–24 Runner-up 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Chen Hung-ling Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 6–11, 6–11, 13–11, 11–9, 10–12 Runner-up 2017 China Masters Chen Hung-ling Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko 21–14, 21–6 Winner 2017 Chinese Taipei Open Chen Hung-ling Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang 21–16, 22–20 Winner 2017 New Zealand Open Chen Hung-ling Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 21–16, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Chinese Taipei Open Lee Chia-hsin Seo Seung-jae Kim Ha-na 20–22, 10–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 4 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Maldives International Tien Tzu-chieh Arya Maulana Aldiartama Alfian Eko Prasetya 21–15, 21–17 Winner 2013 Singapore International Chen Chung-jen Jagdish Singh Roni Tan Wee Long 21–12, 25–27, 21–16 Winner 2013 Polish International Chen Chung-jen Christopher Rusdianto Trikusuma Wardhana 22–24, 21–14, 21–14 Winner 2013 Czech International Chen Chung-jen Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha 22–20, 20–22, 12–21 Runner-up 2013 India International Tien Tzu-chieh Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Singapore International Chen Szu-yu Vasin Nilyoke Chayanit Chaladchalam 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2013 Czech International Wu Ti-jung Jakub Bitman Alžběta Bášová 21–19, 21–13 Winner 2013 Malaysia International Wu Ti-jung Alfian Eko Prasetya Shendy Puspa Irawati 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

References

External links

Wang Chi-lin at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)