Chen Changjie

Chen Changjie ; is a retired professional badminton player from China.

Career Chen rated among the world's leading singles players when China entered the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation) in 1981. The powerful Changjie won the first major IBF sanctioned tournament in which China participated, the multi-sport 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California, by successively beating Prakash Padukone and Morten Frost in the semifinal and final rounds. He helped China to win the 1982 Thomas Cup (world men's team championship) by winning three of his four matches in the last two rounds against Denmark and Indonesia. In 1983 Changjie won the Asian Championships in a grueling duel with Indonesia's Eddy Kurniawan The following year Changjie married Zhang Ailing, a brilliant player on the Chinese women's team, and neither appeared in international competition after 1984.

Achievements World Cup Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1981 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hadiyanto 15–12, 15–10 Bronze Bronze

World Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1981 San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States Morten Frost 9–15, 15–7, 15–12 Gold Gold

Asian Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1982 Indraprastha Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India Liem Swie King 4–15, 6–15 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1983 Shanghai, China Eddy Kurniawan 11–15, 15–6, 18–15 Gold Gold