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 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 BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees.^[5]

Ville Lång
Personal information
Country	Finland
Born	(1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39) Lahti, Finland[1]
Residence	Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Retired	31 January 2016
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	21 (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 (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) 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 (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

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.

External links

• European results
• Ville Lång at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)