Introduction
Wang Chi-lin (Chinese: 王齊麟; pinyin: Wáng Qílín; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion.
Career
In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang defeated the 2018 World Champions' Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the men's doubles final. They became the first unseeded pair to win a gold medal in the Olympics' men's doubles badminton. This was Chinese Taipei's first Olympic medal in badminton.
Achievements
Olympic Games
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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BWF World Championships
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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Summer Universiade
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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World University Championships
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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BWF World Junior Championships
Boys' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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Asian Junior Championships
Boys' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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BWF World Tour (10 titles, 6 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | New Zealand Open | Super 300 | Chen Hung-ling | Berry Angriawan Hardianto |
21–17, 21–17 |  Winner
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| 2018 | Chinese Taipei Open | Super 300 | Chen Hung-ling | Liao Min-chun Su Ching-heng |
22–20, 21–9 | Winner
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| 2018 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Po Li-wei | Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae |
12–21, 21–17, 18–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Lee Yang | Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae |
21–8, 23–21 | Winner
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| 2019 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Lee Yang | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
19–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | Lee Yang | Akira Koga Taichi Saito |
16–21, 22–20, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2019 | India Open | Super 500 | Lee Yang | Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi |
21–14, 21–14 | Winner
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| 2019 | U.S. Open | Super 300 | Lee Yang | Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol |
13–21, 21–17, 3–6 retired | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Lee Yang | Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong |
21–19, 20–22, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2020 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Lee Yang | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
17–21, 19–21 | Runner-up
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| 2020 (I) | Thailand Open | Super 1000 | Lee Yang | Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong |
21–16, 21–23, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2020 (II) | Thailand Open | Super 1000 | Lee Yang | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik |
21–13, 21–18 | Winner
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| 2020 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | Lee Yang | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan |
21–17, 23–21 | Winner
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | New Zealand Open | Super 300 | Lee Chia-hsin | Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung |
21–19, 14–21, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Cheng Chi-ya | Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung |
18–21, 15–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Macau Open | Super 300 | Cheng Chi-ya | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
11–21, 8–21 | Runner-up
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BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 4 runners-up)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2015 | Malaysia Masters | Chen Hung-ling | Kenta Kazuno Kazushi Yamada |
19–21, 21–14, 17–21 | Runner-up
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| 2016 | Chinese Taipei Open | Chen Hung-ling | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen |
17–21, 21–17, 22–24 | Runner-up
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| 2016 | Chinese Taipei Masters | Chen Hung-ling | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
6–11, 6–11, 13–11, 11–9, 10–12 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | China Masters | Chen Hung-ling | Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko |
21–14, 21–6 | Winner
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| 2017 | Chinese Taipei Open | Chen Hung-ling | Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang |
21–16, 22–20 | Winner
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| 2017 | New Zealand Open | Chen Hung-ling | Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi |
21–16, 21–18 | Winner
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Chinese Taipei Open | Lee Chia-hsin | Seo Seung-jae Kim Ha-na |
20–22, 10–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 4 runners-up)
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Maldives International | Tien Tzu-chieh | Arya Maulana Aldiartama Alfian Eko Prasetya |
21–15, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2013 | Singapore International | Chen Chung-jen | Jagdish Singh Roni Tan Wee Long |
21–12, 25–27, 21–16 | Winner
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| 2013 | Polish International | Chen Chung-jen | Christopher Rusdianto Trikusuma Wardhana |
22–24, 21–14, 21–14 | Winner
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| 2013 | Czech International | Chen Chung-jen | Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha |
22–20, 20–22, 12–21 | Runner-up
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| 2013 | India International | Tien Tzu-chieh | Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy |
16–21, 13–21 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Singapore International | Chen Szu-yu | Vasin Nilyoke Chaladchalam Chayanit |
14–21, 13–21 | Runner-up
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| 2013 | Czech International | Wu Ti-jung | Jakub Bitman Alzbeta Basova |
21–19, 21–13 | Winner
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| 2013 | Malaysia International | Wu Ti-jung | Alfian Eko Prasetya Shendy Puspa Irawati |
15–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament