Ville Lång

Ville Lång
Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39)
Lahti, Finland[1]
ResidenceHelsinki, Finland[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Retired31 January 2016
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking21 (March 2009[2])
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Finland
European Men's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Basel Men's team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Esbjerg Men's singles
BWF profile

Ville Lång (born 14 February 1985) is a badminton player from Finland.[3] He won ten consecutive Finland's National Championship men's singles titles in 2005–2014, and 3 men's doubles title in 2010, 2011, and 2017. In 2003, he won bronze at the European Junior Championships. Lång competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He announced his retirement on 31 January 2016, and received a meritorious service award from BWF.[4][5] After retiring from the international competition, Lång started his coaching career first in Paris where he coached the league team Aulnay-sous-Bois after which he has been the head coach of one local club in Sweden. In 2019, he was elected as vice chairman of the BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees.[5]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2003 Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark Germany Marc Zwiebler 8–15, 6–15 Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Scottish Open Chinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei 17–21, 22–20, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2005 Slovak International Poland Przemysław Wacha 15–12, 9–15, 9–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Czech Republic Petr Koukal 21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Scottish International Wales Zhu Min 21–16, 14–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Hungarian International Denmark Jan Ø. Jørgensen 6–21, 5–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Croatian International France Erwin Kehlhoffner 21–17, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Banuinvest International Estonia Raul Must 21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Polish International Germany Marc Zwiebler 15–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 European Circuit Finals Germany Marc Zwiebler 14–21, 21–19, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 White Nights Czech Republic Jan Vondra 21–15, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Norwegian International Sweden Henri Hurskainen 21–13, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Estonian International Denmark Kasper Ipsen 21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Turkey International Sweden Henri Hurskainen 21–14, 21–23, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Finnish International Estonia Raul Must 11–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Hungarian International Belgium Yuhan Tan 22–20, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Scottish International India Anand Pawar 9–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Estonian International Estonia Raul Must 21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Dutch International Denmark Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21–18, 15–21, 4–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Norwegian International Denmark Emil Holst 19–21, 21–11, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Italian International Spain Pablo Abián 21–13, 14–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Estonian International Estonia Raul Must 21–8, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Denmark International Denmark Viktor Axelsen 17–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 White Nights Finland Eetu Heino 14–21, 21–17, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Swedish Masters Sweden Henri Hurskainen 16–21, 21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Swiss International Malaysia Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 19–21, 21–16, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Estonian International France Lucas Claerbout 21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ville LANG Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Ville Lång lopettaa sulkapallouransa ja kiittää vanhempiaan uhrautumisesta: "Sitä kiitollisuudenvelkaa ei pysty ikinä maksamaan takaisin"". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Ville Lång". rio.sulkapallo.fi (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Ville Lång päätti menestyksekkään huippusulkapalloilijan uransa". Sulkapalloliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Athletes' Commission". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2021.