Ville Lång (born 14 February 1985) is a badminton player from Finland.[3] He won ten consecutive Finland's National Championship men's singles titles in 2005–2014, and 3 men's doubles title in 2010, 2011, and 2017. In 2003, he won bronze at the European Junior Championships. Lång competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He announced his retirement on 31 January 2016, and received a meritorious service award from BWF.[4][5] After retiring from the international competition, Lång started his coaching career first in Paris where he coached the league team Aulnay-sous-Bois after which he has been the head coach of one local club in Sweden. In 2019, he was elected as vice chairman of BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees.[5]
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| Country | Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1985 Lahti, Finland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Helsinki, Finland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 31 January 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 21 (March 2009[2]) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Achievements
editEuropean Junior Championships
editBoys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2003 | Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark |  Marc Zwiebler
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8–15, 6–15 |  Bronze
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BWF Grand Prix (1 title)
editThe BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2014 | Scottish Open |  Wang Tzu-wei
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17–21, 22–20, 21–16 |  Winner
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- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)
editMen's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2005 | Slovak International |  Przemysław Wacha
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15–12, 9–15, 9–15 |  Runner-up
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| 2006 | Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse |  Petr Koukal
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21–18, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2006 | Scottish International |  Zhu Min
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21–16, 14–21, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2007 | Hungarian International |  Jan Ø. Jørgensen
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6–21, 5–21 | Runner-up
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| 2008 | Croatian International |  Erwin Kehlhoffner
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21–17, 21–6 | Winner
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| 2008 | Banuinvest International |  Raul Must
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21–17, 21–18 | Winner
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| 2008 | Polish International | Marc Zwiebler
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15–21, 13–21 | Runner-up
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| 2008 | European Circuit Finals | Marc Zwiebler
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14–21, 21–19, 19–21 | Runner-up
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| 2008 | White Nights | Jan Vondra
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21–15, 21–8 | Winner
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| 2008 | Norwegian International |  Henri Hurskainen
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21–13, 21–8 | Winner
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| 2009 | Estonian International | Kasper Ipsen
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21–14, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2009 | Turkey International | Henri Hurskainen
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21–14, 21–23, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2010 | Finnish International | Raul Must
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11–21, 10–21 | Runner-up
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| 2010 | Hungarian International |  Yuhan Tan
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22–20, 21–16 | Winner
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| 2010 | Scottish International |  Anand Pawar
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9–21, 10–21 | Runner-up
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| 2011 | Estonian International | Raul Must
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21–15, 21–14 | Winner
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| 2011 | Dutch International | Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
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21–18, 15–21, 4–21 | Runner-up
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| 2011 | Norwegian International | Emil Holst
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19–21, 21–11, 21–10 | Winner
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| 2011 | Italian International |  Pablo Abián
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21–13, 14–21, 13–21 | Runner-up
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| 2012 | Estonian International | Raul Must
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21–8, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2013 | Denmark International | Viktor Axelsen
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17–21, 8–21 | Runner-up
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| 2013 | White Nights |  Eetu Heino
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14–21, 21–17, 9–21 | Runner-up
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| 2014 | Swedish Masters | Henri Hurskainen
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16–21, 21–14, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2015 | Swiss International |  Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin
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19–21, 21–16, 11–21 | Runner-up
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| 2016 | Estonian International | Lucas Claerbout
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21–17, 21–19 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ville LANG Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Ville Lång lopettaa sulkapallouransa ja kiittää vanhempiaan uhrautumisesta: "Sitä kiitollisuudenvelkaa ei pysty ikinä maksamaan takaisin"". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Ville Lång". rio.sulkapallo.fi (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Ville Lång päätti menestyksekkään huippusulkapalloilijan uransa". Sulkapalloliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Athletes' Commission". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
External links
edit- European results
- Ville Lång at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)