High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lin Dan (Chinese: 林丹; pinyin: L�n Dān; born October 14, 1983 in Longyan, Fujian) is a professional badminton player from China. He is a four-time world champion and the reigning Olympic champion. Widely considered to be the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 27 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam," having won all major titles in world badminton: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, All England Open, Asian Games, and Asia Championships, becoming the first and only player to achieve this feat.