12 Facts About Chris Langridge

Christopher Phillip Langridge was born on 2 May 1985 and is a retired British badminton player.

Chris Langridge competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals.

Chris Langridge represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the men's doubles, partnered with Marcus Ellis.

Chris Langridge was born on 2 May 1985 in Epsom, Surrey.

Chris 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.

Chris Langridge played tennis for the South East region, and he was a football player as well as a 100-metre and 200-metre runner.

Chris 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.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, despite ranking only No 22 in the world, Ellis and Chris Langridge managed to win a bronze, the first Olympic medal in badminton men's doubles won by a British team.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast, Australia, Chris 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.

Chris Langridge won a bronze in the mixed team event.

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

Chris Langridge later became a coach for the French Badminton Team, in 2022.