Li Junhui (Chinese: 李俊慧, born 10 May 1995) is a Chinese badminton player.[1] He was the gold medalist at the 2018 World Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Liu Yuchen,[2] two times won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in 2017 and 2018, and was a silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Li was part of the national team that won the 2018 Asian Games, 2018 Thomas Cup, and 2019 Sudirman Cup.

Li Junhui
李俊慧
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 29)
Anshan, Liaoning, China
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Years active2012–2021
Retired12 November 2021
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Liu Yuchen 6 April 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Men's doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nanjing Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wuhan Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuhan Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Gimcheon Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Wuhan Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bangkok Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Asia Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Lucknow Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

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Li competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] Partnered with Liu Yuchen, he finished as a silver medalist in the men's doubles, having been defeated by Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin of Chinese Taipei in the final.[4]

In November 2021, Li announced his retirement from professional badminton citing injuries he had sustained and not fully recovered from since 2017.[5]

Achievements

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Olympic Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan   Liu Yuchen   Lee Yang
  Wang Chi-lin
18–21, 12–21   Silver

BWF World Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China
  Liu Yuchen   Takeshi Kamura
  Keigo Sonoda
21–12, 21–19   Gold
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
  Liu Yuchen   Takuro Hoki
  Yugo Kobayashi
19–21, 13–21   Bronze

Asian Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno,
Jakarta, Indonesia
  Liu Yuchen   Fajar Alfian
  Muhammad Rian Ardianto
14–21, 21–19, 13–21   Bronze

Asian Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
  Liu Yuchen   Shin Baek-cheol
  Yoo Yeon-seong
20–22, 17–21   Silver
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
  Liu Yuchen   Lee Yong-dae
  Yoo Yeon-seong
14–21, 26–28   Silver
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
  Liu Yuchen   Huang Kaixiang
  Wang Yilyu
21–14, 21–12   Gold
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
  Liu Yuchen   Takeshi Kamura
  Keigo Sonoda
11–21, 21–10, 21–13   Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand
  Liu Yuchen   Huang Kaixiang
  Zheng Siwei
14–21, 21–13, 22–20   Gold

Asian Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Likas Indoor Stadium,
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  Liu Yuchen   Huang Kaixiang
  Zheng Siwei
21–15, 21–14   Gold

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017, and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Indonesia Masters Super 500   Liu Yuchen   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–11, 10–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2018 Japan Open Super 750   Liu Yuchen   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
11–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2018 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals   Liu Yuchen   Hiroyuki Endo
  Yuta Watanabe
21–15, 21–11   Winner
2019 Malaysia Open Super 750   Liu Yuchen   Takeshi Kamura
  Keigo Sonoda
21–12, 21–17   Winner
2019 Thailand Open Super 500   Liu Yuchen   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
  Chirag Shetty
19–21, 21–18, 18–21   Runner-up
2019 Macau Open Super 300   Liu Yuchen   Huang Kaixiang
  Liu Cheng
21–8, 18–21, 22–20   Winner
2020 Malaysia Masters Super 500   Liu Yuchen   Kim Gi-jung
  Lee Yong-dae
14–21, 16–21   Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006, and implemented in 2007,[8] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[9] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Japan Open   Liu Yuchen   Kim Gi-jung
  Ko Sung-hyun
21–12, 21–12   Winner
2016 Korea Open   Liu Yuchen   Lee Yong-dae
  Yoo Yeon-seong
21–15, 20–22, 18–21   Runner-up
2017 All England Open   Liu Yuchen   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
19–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2017 Singapore Open   Liu Yuchen   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
13–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2017 Indonesia Open   Liu Yuchen   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
21–19, 19–21, 21–18   Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles, 2 runners-up)

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 New Zealand Open   Liu Yuchen   Angga Pratama
  Ryan Agung Saputra
6–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2014 India Grand Prix Gold   Liu Yuchen   Huang Kaixiang
  Zheng Siwei
21–17, 19–21, 22–20   Winner
2014 Chinese Taipei Open   Liu Yuchen   Andrei Adistia
  Hendra Aprida Gunawan
14–21, 21–16, 16–21   Runner-up
2015 China Masters   Liu Yuchen   Wang Yilyu
  Zhang Wen
21–15, 19–21, 21–12   Winner
2015 U.S. Open   Liu Yuchen   Manu Attri
  B. Sumeeth Reddy
21–12, 21–16   Winner
2015 Canada Open   Liu Yuchen   Huang Kaixiang
  Wang Sijie
17–21, 21–12, 21–18   Winner
2015 Vietnam Open   Liu Yuchen   Huang Kaixiang
  Wang Sijie
21–8, 21–16   Winner
2016 Chinese Taipei Open   Liu Yuchen   Chen Hung-ling
  Wang Chi-lin
21–17, 17–21, 24–22   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 China International   Liu Yuchen   Wang Yilyu
  Zhang Wen
10–21, 20–22   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Li Junhui". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen crowned men's doubles champions at badminton worlds". Xinhua. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Badminton - LI Jun Hui". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. ^ "China's Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen win silver in badminton men's doubles". China Daily. Xinhua. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ K, Koijam; Rohani, Siti (2021-11-12). "Olympic Silver medalist Li Jun Hui retires". 360Badminton. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  6. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  9. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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