Ville Lång

Ville Lång (born 14 February 1985) is a badminton player from Finland. 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. 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.

Achievements

European Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2003 Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark 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 Wang Tzu-wei 17–21, 22–20, 21–16 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 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