Ville Lång

Ville Lång (born 14 February 1985) is a badminton player from Finland.[3] He won ten consecutive Finland's National Championship men's singles title 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 retired 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 BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees.[5]

Ville Lång
Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985
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
2014 Basel Men's team
European Junior Championships
2003 Esbjerg Men's singles
BWF profile

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

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

BWF Grand Prix

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) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Scottish Open Wang Tzu-wei 17–21, 22–20, 21–16 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

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

References
  1. "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. "Athletes' Commission". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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