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.

Christopher Langridge
Langridge in 2013
Personal information
Birth nameChristopher Phillip Langridge
CountryEngland
Born (1985-05-02) 2 May 1985 (age 39)
Epsom, Surrey, England
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachPeter Jeffrey
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking11 (MD with Marcus Ellis 4 May 2021)
15 (XD with Heather Olver 13 March 2014)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Men's doubles
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Men's doubles
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kyiv Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Basel Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kazan Men's team
BWF profile

Early life and education

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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

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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

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Langridge is married to Emma Page.[21]

Achievements

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Olympic Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Marcus Ellis   Chai Biao
  Hong Wei
21–18, 19–21, 21–10   Bronze

Commonwealth Games

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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

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland   Heather Olver   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock
9–21, 12–21   Silver

European Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus   Marcus Ellis   Kim Astrup
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
21–17, 21–10   Gold

European Championships

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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)

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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)

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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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Bitburger Open   Peter Mills   Ingo Kindervater
  Johannes Schoettler
15–21, 11–21   Runner-up

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)

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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

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