Sun Jun (badminton)

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Sun Jun
Personal information
Date of birth	June 16, 1975 (1975-06-16) (age 32)
Place of birth	Jiangsu
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb)
Men's singles
Country	China
Handedness	Right
BWF Profile

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.

Sun Jun (simplified Chinese: 孙俊, born June 16, 1975 in Jiangsu) was a male Chinese badminton player in the 1990s.

He is married with the successful badminton player Ge Fei.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 World Championships 1.2 Summer Olympics 2 Major achievements 3 References

[edit] Career

[edit] World Championships

Sun won the 1999 IBF World Championships, beating Fung Permadi in the final. He also won a silver medal at the 1997 IBF World Championships, when in the final he was leading 10-3 in the deciding set against Peter Rasmussen, his leg cramped and in the end he lost 16-17, 18-13, 15-10.^[1]

[edit] Summer Olympics

Sun Jun competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's singles. In the first round he had a bye, and in the second one he defeated Kim Hak-kyun from Korea. In round of 16 he was beaten by Alan Budikusuma 15-5, 15-6.

Sun Jun competed in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in men's singles. In the first round he had a bye, and in the second round he defeated the at the time olympic champion Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen from Denmark. In the round of 16 Sun beat Richard Vaughan from Great Bretain and in quarterfinals he lost to Hendrawan from Indonesia.

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Singles	1999	Copenhague, DEN
2	Singles	1997	Glasgow, SCO
Sudirman Cup
1	Team	1995	Lausanne, SWI
1	Team	1999	Copenhagen, DEN
Asian Championships
1	Singles	1997	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
World Grand Prix
1	Singles	1994	French Open
1	Singles	1997, 1998	World Grand Prix finals
1	Singles	1998	All England Open

[edit] References