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Cai Yun
Men's Doubles
CHN
Legend
Retired
2012 Olympic MD gold with Fu Haifeng; 2008 silver. Four-time World Champion.
Profile
- Country
- China
- Born
- 1980-01-19 (46 yrs)
- Height
- 182 cm
- Weight
- 65 kg
- Handed
- Right
- Best BWF rank
- #1 MD 2006-09-07
- BWF
- Profile
- Wikipedia
- Cai Yun
Fast, aggressive net player in men's doubles; renowned for quickness and deceptive front-court play complementing partner Fu Haifeng's powerful rear-court smashes; excelled in flat, fast 21-point-era exchanges.
Honours · golds
1×
Olympic gold
4×
World title
5×
Thomas Cup
6×
Sudirman Cup
2×
Asian Games
1×
Asian title
Career highlights
- 2006 BWF World Championships gold (MD, w/ Fu Haifeng) — first of four titles
- 2008 Beijing Olympics silver (MD, w/ Fu Haifeng)
- 2009 BWF World Championships gold (MD, w/ Fu Haifeng)
- 2010 BWF World Championships gold (MD, w/ Fu Haifeng)
- 2011 BWF World Championships gold (MD, w/ Fu Haifeng) — first pair to win four MD world titles
- 2012 London Olympics gold (MD, w/ Fu Haifeng)
- 2021 BWF Hall of Fame inductee
Gear
Racquet
Li-Ning athlete
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