Lin Dan is a retired Chinese badminton player nicknamed Super Dan after his 2004 All England Open win, widely regarded as the sport's greatest ever singles player. He completed a Super Grand Slam of all nine major titles by age 28 and won Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012. His career carried real controversy: a 2008 on court altercation with a South Korean coach, a widely reported dispute over striking his own coach in front of teammates and media, accusations of deliberately losing matches to aid teammates' Olympic qualification, and a 2016 public admission of an extramarital affair. He retired in July 2020, citing accumulated injuries. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Career HighlightBy age 28 had completed the Super Grand Slam, winning all nine major badminton titles then available, the only male player ever to do so. 1 Career HighlightWon six All England titles, four Asian Championships and helped China to six Thomas Cup victories before retiring on 4 July 2020. 1 Career HighlightWon two Olympic gold medals, at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, and five World Championship titles. 1 Classification
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Who was Lin Dan's great rival and who won their matches?
Lee Chong Wei; Lin Dan won 29 of their 41 matches including both Olympic finals.
Lin Dan's great rival was Lee Chong Wei. Olympedia calls their pairing widely regarded as the greatest rivalry in badminton history. They faced each other 41 times, and Lin won 29 of those meetings, including both Olympic finals and both World Championship finals they contested. The two were inducted into the BWF Hall of Fame together in 2023.
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Lin Dan is a retired Chinese badminton player nicknamed Super Dan after his 2004 All England Open win, widely regarded as the sport's greatest ever singles player.
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