Chris Langridge Explained

Christopher Phillip Langridge (born 2 May 1985) is a retired British 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.

Early life and education

Chris Langridge was born on 2 May 1985 in Epsom, Surrey.^[1]

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]

In October 2020, Langridge and Marcus Ellis won the men's doubles title at the 2020 Denmark Open, became the first English men's doubles pair in 45 years to win the Denmark Open.^[18]

Langridge competed at the 2021 European Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, and won a bronze in the men's doubles with Ellis.^[19]

After his deselection from the 2020 Olympics, Langridge retired from international competition. He later became a coach for the French Badminton Team, in 2022.^[20]

Personal life

Langridge is married to Emma Page.^[21]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Peter Mills	Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis	21–17, 21–17	Bronze
2018	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia	Marcus Ellis	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	21–13, 21–16	Gold

Mixed doubles

European Games

Men's doubles

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Marcus Ellis	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	19–21, 14–21	Bronze
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Marcus Ellis	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	15–21, 10–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (4 titles)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[22] 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.^[23]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Canada Open	Super 100	Marcus Ellis	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	19–21, 21–18, 22–20	Winner
2018	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Marcus Ellis	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–23, 21–18, 21–19	Winner
2018	Scottish Open	Super 100	Marcus Ellis	David Daugaard Frederik Søgaard	23–21, 21–16	Winner
2020	Denmark Open	Super 750	Marcus Ellis	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	20–22, 21–17, 21–18	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (3 runners-up)

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 doubles

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	London Grand Prix Gold	Heather Olver	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Scottish Open	Heather Olver	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (17 titles, 11 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Czech International	Chris Tonks	Anders Kristiansen Simon Mollyhus	15–6, 15–11	Winner
2006	Croatian International	Chris Tonks	Ian Palethorpe Kristian Roebuck	23–21, 15–21, 22–20	Winner
2006	Slovak International	David Lindley	Dean George Chris Tonks	21–12, 21–11	Winner
2008	Scotland International	David Lindley	Richard Eidestedt Andrew Ellis	19–21, 21–16, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Swedish International	David Lindley	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	21–15, 14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2009	Spanish Open	Dean George	Rasmus Bonde Mikkel Delbo Larsen	24–26, 21–23	Runner-up
2009	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Robin Middleton	Rasmus Bonde Mikkel Delbo Larsen	21–11, 21–19	Winner
2009	Scotland International	Robin Middleton	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–19, 24–26, 11–21	Runner-up
2010	Swedish International	Robin Middleton	Mikkel Elbjorn Christian John Skovgaard	21–11, 21–18	Winner
2010	Czech International	Robin Middleton	Marcus Ellis Peter Mills	21–9, 21–19	Winner
2010	Irish International	Anthony Clark	Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2010	Italian International	Anthony Clark	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2011	Austrian International	Anthony Clark	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2012	Czech International	Peter Mills	Peter Briggs Harley Towler	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2013	Belgian International	Peter Mills	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	18–21, 21–9, 15–21	Runner-up
2014	Italian International	Marcus Ellis	Michael Fuchs Johannes Schoettler	21–11, 21–19	Winner
2015	White Nights	Marcus Ellis	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	10–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Welsh International	Marcus Ellis	Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	21–16, 16–21, 21–16	Winner
2016	Austrian Open	Marcus Ellis	Kenya Mitsuhashi Yuta Watanabe	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2017	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Marcus Ellis	Lu Chia-hung Lu Chia-pin	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2019	Azerbaijan International	Marcus Ellis	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	17–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2019	Kharkiv International	Marcus Ellis	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Croatian International	Jenny Day	Kristian Roebuck Jenny Wallwork	21–18, 24–22	Winner
2007	Belgian International	Joanne Nicholas	Ingo Kindervater Kathrin Piotrowski	21–17, 15–21, 25–23	Winner
2012	Belgian International	Heather Olver	Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White	21–9, 10–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	Czech International	Heather Olver	Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White	22–20, 6–7 retired	Winner
2012	Welsh International	Heather Olver	Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White	22–20, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Welsh International	Heather Olver	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–17, 10–21, 21–13	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chris Langridge . Badminton England . 1 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101053106/https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/england-squad/england-performance-squad/player-profiles/chris-langridge/ . 1 November 2020 . live.
2. Web site: Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis reach semi-finals. BBC. 16 August 2016. 17 August 2016.
3. News: Hard work paying off for Rio-bound Langridge . Eurosport .
4. Web site: Chris Langridge. Badminton England. 18 August 2016.
5. Web site: Badminton: Nuneaton's Chris Langridge enjoying doubles life . 22 December 2012 . Coventry Telegraph .
6. News: Silver lining for Leatherhead's Commonwealth Games star Langridge . Dorking Advertiser . 31 July 2014 .
7. News: Silver for Langridge in badminton mixed doubles at Commonwealth Games . Leatherhead Advertiser . 3 August 2014 .
8. Web site: Ouseph Makes It Six Titles in A Row While Langridge Does the Double . English National Badminton Championships . William Kings . 30 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140208124124/http://www.squash999.com/badminton/?p=685 . 8 February 2014 . dead .
9. News: Olympic Games Rio 2016: Who is Marcus Ellis? All about the Team GB badminton player . 11 August 2016. Samantha . Gildea . The Huddersfield Daily Examiner .
10. News: Two bronze medals for Milton Keynes- based England players at European Championships . Scott.Kirk . 3 May 2016 . One MK .
11. Web site: 2015 European Mixed Team Championships – Day 5: Denmark Reclaim Crown . 15 February 2015 . Dev . Sukumar . Badminton World Federation . 28 August 2016 . 20 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160920012941/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/news_item.aspx?id=92795 . dead .
12. Web site: European Badminton 2016: England settle for bronze . Badminton England . 20 February 2016 .
13. News: Badminton heroes Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge turn sights to 2020 . Daniel . Johnson . 26 August 2016 . The Daily Telegraph .
14. News: England pair win badminton men's doubles gold. 15 April 2018. BBC Sport .
15. News: Commonwealth Games: Singapore's badminton mixed team beaten 0-3 by England in bronze-medal tie . Say Heng . Lim . 9 April 2018 . The Straits Times.
16. Web site: Participants: Chris Langridge . 25 June 2018 . Gold Coast 2018 .
17. News: Rasmus . Bech . Langridge and Ellis did it again . 29 June 2019 . Badminton Europe .
18. Web site: Dev . Sukumar . Denmark Open: Ellis/Langridge Break 45-Year Spell . bwfbadminton.com . 18 October 2020 . 31 October 2020.
19. Web site: Latest From The Euros . www.badmintonengland.co.uk . 4 May 2021 . 4 May 2021 . live . https://archive.today/20210504134138/https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/latest-from-the-euros/ . 4 May 2021.
20. Web site: European Championships: Old Friends Meet Again . 2022-04-28 . bwfbadminton.com . en-US.
21. Web site: Chris Langridge . Twitter.
22. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . bwfbadminton.com . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
23. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . bwfbadminton.com . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.