Chris Langridge
Christopher Phillip Langridge (born 2 May 1985) is an English badminton player.[1] He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the men's doubles, partnered with Marcus Ellis.[2] They also won gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 European Games.
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| Birth name | Christopher Phillip Langridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 May 1985 Epsom, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Pete Jeffrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 14 (MD 1 December 2016) 15 (XD 13 March 2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 17 (MD 3 September 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and education
Chris Langridge was born on 2 May 1985 in Epsom, Surrey.
Langridge was educated at Therfield School, a state comprehensive school in the town of Leatherhead in Surrey in southern England. The school were twice National Schools champions. Langridge was introduced to badminton when he was ten by his teacher Jackie Cunningham who was a badminton coach of the county, and within 18 months at the age of twelve he made the England team.[3] He also played tennis for the South East region, and he was a football player as well as a 100-metre and 200-metre runner.[4]
Career
Langridge teamed up with a number of players in the doubles, for example with Peter Mills in the men's doubles, and starting in 2012 with Heather Olver in the mixed doubles.[5] Langridge won three medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – a silver in the mixed doubles with Olver, a bronze in the men's doubles with Mills, as well as a silver in the mixed team match.[6][7] By 2013, he has won three gold medals at the English National Badminton Championships in the men's doubles (with Nathan Robertson in 2011 and Mills 2013) and mixed doubles (with Olver in 2013).[8]
In September 2014, he teamed up with Marcus Ellis. They won the men's doubles title in the English National Badminton Championships in both 2015 and 2016.[9] They won a bronze in the 2016 European Championships in La Roche-sur-Yon.[10] They have also won medals in the European Team Championships with a silver in the Mixed Team in 2015,[11] and a bronze medal in the Men's Team in 2016.[12]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, despite ranking only No. 22 in the world, Ellis and Langridge managed to win a bronze, the first Olympic medal in badminton men's doubles won by a British team.[13]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast, Australia, Langridge won a gold in the men's doubles with Marcus Ellis, which is England's first men's badminton double title at the Games in 40 years.[14] He also won a bronze in the mixed team event.[15][16]
Langridge qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2019 European Games, played in the men's doubles with Marcus Ellis. Competed as the second seed, they managed to claim the gold medal after beat the top seed from Denmark Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in straight games 21–17, 21–10.[17]
Personal life
Langridge is married to Emma Page.[18]
Achievements
Summer Olympic Games
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
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21–18, 19–21, 21–10 |  |
Commonwealth Games
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia | |
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21–13, 21–16 |  |
| 2014 | Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland | |
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21–17, 21–17 | |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland | |
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9–21, 12–21 |  |
European Games
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus | |
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21–17, 21–10 | |
European Championships
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France | |
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19–21, 14–21 | |
BWF World Tour
The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[19] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[20]
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Scottish Open | Super 100 | |
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23–21, 21–16 |  |
| 2018 | SaarLorLux Open | Super 100 | |
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21–23, 21–18, 21–19 | |
| 2018 | Canada Open | Super 100 | |
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19–21, 21–18, 22–20 | |
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Bitburger Open | |
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15–21, 11–21 |  |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Scottish Open | |
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16–21, 14–21 | |
| 2013 | London Grand Prix Gold | |
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19–21, 14–21 | |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Welsh International | |
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21–17, 10–21, 21–13 | |
| 2012 | Welsh International | |
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22–20, 16–21 | |
| 2012 | Czech International | |
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22–20, 6–7 Retired | |
| 2012 | Belgian International | |
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21–9, 10–21, 17–21 | |
| 2007 | Belgian International | |
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21–17, 15–21, 25–23 | |
| 2006 | Croatian International | |
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21–18, 24–22 | |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- "Chris Langridge". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- "Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis reach semi-finals". BBC. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- "Hard work paying off for Rio-bound Langridge". Eurosport.
- "Chris Langridge". Badminton England. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- "Badminton: Nuneaton's Chris Langridge enjoying doubles life". Coventry Telegraph. 22 December 2012.
- "Silver lining for Leatherhead's Commonwealth Games star Langridge". Dorking Advertiser. 31 July 2014.
- "Silver for Langridge in badminton mixed doubles at Commonwealth Games". Leatherhead Advertiser. 3 August 2014.
- William Kings. "Ouseph Makes It Six Titles in A Row While Langridge Does the Double". English National Badminton Championships.
- Gildea, Samantha (11 August 2016). "Olympic Games Rio 2016: Who is Marcus Ellis? All about the Team GB badminton player". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner.
- Scott.Kirk (3 May 2016). "Two bronze medals for Milton Keynes- based England players at European Championships". One MK.
- Sukumar, Dev (15 February 2015). "2015 European Mixed Team Championships – Day 5: Denmark Reclaim Crown". Badminton World Federation.
- "European Badminton 2016: England settle for bronze". Badminton England. 20 February 2016.
- Johnson, Daniel (26 August 2016). "Badminton heroes Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge turn sights to 2020". The Daily Telegraph.
- "England pair win badminton men's doubles gold". BBC Sport. 15 April 2018.
- Lim, Say Heng (9 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games: Singapore's badminton mixed team beaten 0-3 by England in bronze-medal tie". The Straits Times.
- "Participants: Chris Langridge". Gold Coast 2018. 25 June 2018.
- Bech, Rasmus (29 June 2019). "Langridge and Ellis did it again". Badminton Europe.
- "Chris Langridge". Twitter.
- "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
- "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
External links
- Chris Langridge at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Chris Langridge at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Chris Langridge on Twitter
