Ville Lång
Finnish badminton player
Badminton player
Ville Lång Country Finland Born (1985-02-14 ) 14 February 1985 (age 39) Lahti , Finland[ 1] Residence Helsinki , Finland[ 1] Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[ 1] Retired 31 January 2016 Handedness Right Highest ranking 21 (March 2009[ 2] ) BWF profile
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]
Achievements
European Junior Championships
Boys' singles
BWF Grand Prix (1 title)
The 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
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)
Men's singles
Year
Tournament
Opponent
Score
Result
2005
Slovak International
Przemysław Wacha
15–12, 9–15, 9–15
Runner-up
2006
Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse
Petr Koukal
21–18, 21–15
Winner
2006
Scottish International
Zhu Min
21–16, 14–21, 21–17
Winner
2007
Hungarian International
Jan Ø. Jørgensen
6–21, 5–21
Runner-up
2008
Croatian International
Erwin Kehlhoffner
21–17, 21–6
Winner
2008
Banuinvest International
Raul Must
21–17, 21–18
Winner
2008
Polish International
Marc Zwiebler
15–21, 13–21
Runner-up
2008
European Circuit Finals
Marc Zwiebler
14–21, 21–19, 19–21
Runner-up
2008
White Nights
Jan Vondra
21–15, 21–8
Winner
2008
Norwegian International
Henri Hurskainen
21–13, 21–8
Winner
2009
Estonian International
Kasper Ipsen
21–14, 21–19
Winner
2009
Turkey International
Henri Hurskainen
21–14, 21–23, 21–19
Winner
2010
Finnish International
Raul Must
11–21, 10–21
Runner-up
2010
Hungarian International
Yuhan Tan
22–20, 21–16
Winner
2010
Scottish International
Anand Pawar
9–21, 10–21
Runner-up
2011
Estonian International
Raul Must
21–15, 21–14
Winner
2011
Dutch International
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
21–18, 15–21, 4–21
Runner-up
2011
Norwegian International
Emil Holst
19–21, 21–11, 21–10
Winner
2011
Italian International
Pablo Abián
21–13, 14–21, 13–21
Runner-up
2012
Estonian International
Raul Must
21–8, 21–15
Winner
2013
Denmark International
Viktor Axelsen
17–21, 8–21
Runner-up
2013
White Nights
Eetu Heino
14–21, 21–17, 9–21
Runner-up
2014
Swedish Masters
Henri Hurskainen
16–21, 21–14, 21–19
Winner
2015
Swiss International
Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin
19–21, 21–16, 11–21
Runner-up
2016
Estonian International
Lucas Claerbout
21–17, 21–19
Winner
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
References
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