Bao Chunlai

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Bao (鲍).

Bao Chunlai

Personal information
Birth name	鲍春来
Date of birth	February 17, 1983 (1983-02-17) (age 25)
Place of birth	Changsha, Hunan province
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	78 kg (170 lb/12.3 st)
Men Singles
Country	China
Handedness	Left

Highest Ranking	2 (March 15, 2007 ^[1])
Current Ranking	3 (February 24, 2008)
BWF Profile

Bao Chunlai (Simplified Chinese: 鲍春来, pinyin: Bào Chūnlái, born February 17, 1983 in Changsha, Hunan province) is a male, left-handed badminton player from the People's Republic of China.

Bao played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Shoji Sato of Japan in the first round. In the round of 16, Bao was himself defeated by Park Tae-sang of Korea.

Bao reached the men's singles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships losing the final against Lin Dan. In 2007 he reached semi-final in the Korea Open Super Series. ^[2]

After 15 months since he won the Korean Open in 2006, Bao finally ended his long title drought at the China Open on 25 November 2007 by defeating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, in straight games 21-12, 21-13. ^[3]

Last Sunday (May 18), Bao Chunlai stroke Istora Senayan, Jakarta with a very beautiful game during the Thomas CUp 2008. He, assigned to be the second single of China team after Lin Dan, played against Lee Hyun Il from Korea. First game of the match was tough. They got the point one another so dificult until they reached the same score 20-20. The one who got 2 points straight would be the winner. But neither of them got the point easily. They fought each other, and after more than one hour, Bao Chunlai ended the game with 28-26. The second game was quite easy for Bao. He won with scores 21-11.

China team wins again for the seventh times of Thomas Cup, and sixth times for Uber Cup. They bring the cups together to China.

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
2	Singles	2006	Madrid, ESP
3	Singles	2003	Birmingham, GBR
5	Singles	2005	Anaheim, CA, USA
Asian Championships
1	Team	2006	Doha, QATAR
3	Team	2002	Busan, KOR
Thomas & Uber Cup
1	Team	2008	Jakarta, INDONESIA
1	Team	2006	JAPAN
1	Team	2004	Jakarta, INDONESIA
World Grand Prix
1	Singles	2007	China Open
1	Singles	2006	Korea Open
2	Singles	2007	French Open
2	Singles	2007	Danish Open
2	Singles	2007	Proton Malaysia Super Series
2	Singles	2006	China Open
2	Singles	2006	Djarum Indonesia Open
2	Singles	2005	China Open
2	Singles	2005	Hong Kong Open
2	Singles	2005	China Masters
2	Singles	2004	China Open
2	Singles	2004	Yonex Japan Open
2	Singles	2004	Swiss Open
3	Singles	2007	Yonex All-England Super Series
3	Singles	2007	Yonex Korea Open Super Series
3	Singles	2006	Aviva Singapore Open
3	Singles	2005	Proton Eon Malaysia Open
3	Singles	2005	German Open
3	Singles	2004	Djarum Indonesia Open
3	Singles	2004	Aviva Singapore Open
3	Singles	2003	Hong Kong Open
3	Singles	2003	German Open
3	Singles	2002	All England Open
3	Singles	2002	Indonesia Open
3	Singles	2002	Malaysia Open