Jung Jae-sung

Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung; Hangul: 정재성; Hanja: 鄭在成; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌŋ.dʑɛ̝.sʌŋ]; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional badminton player.

Jung Jae-sung
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born(1982-08-25)25 August 1982
Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Died9 March 2018(2018-03-09) (aged 35)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
HandednessRight
CoachHa Tae-kwon
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1 (January 2009)
BWF profile

Jung was born on 25 August 1982 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do. He started playing badminton at 7, at his local elementary school. He entered the South Korea national badminton team in 2001.

Career

In 2000, Jung was part of the Korean national junior team competed at the World Junior Championships in Guangzhou, China, and Asian Junior Championships in Kyoto, Japan. In Guangzhou, he won the mixed team bronze after his team lose 2–3 to China,[1] and in Kyoto, he won the boys'doubles silver and boys' team bronze.[2]

In 2003, Jung who represented Wonkwang University won the men's doubles title at the National Championships in Gyeonggi partnered with Lee Jae-jin.[3] In 2004, he and Lee Jae-jin retained their title, and in 2006, Jung repeated his success partnered with Lee Yong-dae.[4]

In 2005, Jung won the Thailand Open with his former partner Lee Jae-jin, beating the Danes Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen in the final. In 2006, Jung won the Thailand Open together with Lee Yong-dae; they had a walkover in the final against compatriots Lee Jae-jin, with whom Jung won the last Thailand Open, and Hwang Ji-man. At the Asian Games, Jung and Lee became bronze medalists after losing the semi-finals to Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of Indonesia in the individual men's doubles event. In the team event, South Korea lost to China in the final 2–3, thus gaining Jung a silver medal.

In 2007, Jung and Lee Yong-dae participated in the Malaysia Open, the first ever BWF Super Series event. There they got through the first round but had to resign due to injury. However a week later they blew away competition to take the first prize at the Korea Open. Jung and Lee lost to Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man in the final of the German Open. Jung participated to the 2007 Sudirman Cup with the South Korea team. The team lost to China in the semi-finals with a score of 0–3. In July, after a period of disappointing results in men's doubles, Lee became runner-up with Jung at the Thailand Open, losing to Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man. Not much later, the pair went on to take the silver medal in the 2007 BWF World Championships. They were defeated in the final by Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia, 19–21, 19–21. The rest of the year also resulted in quite disappointing achievements, not getting past quarterfinals in any major events, except in the French Open. Jung and Lee there lost to the eventual winners, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China.

To start 2008, Jung, together with Lee, disappointingly lost to an unseeded pair in the second round of the Malaysia Open. In South Korea, things went a bit better, achieving a quarterfinal. There they lost to runners-up Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of Indonesia. More than a month later, Jung and Lee came back with a bang to win the All England Open, beating Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah in a thrilling semi-final (coming back from a 16–20 deficit in the third game) and compatriots Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man in the finals. A week later, the pair were victorious in the Swiss Open too. At the Asian Championships Jung and Lee gained the gold medal, beating Candra Wijaya and Nova Widianto of Indonesia in the final. He competed at the Thomas Cup, helped his team reach the final round, where Jung and Lee were the only ones to score a point for South Korea against China in the final, which ended in a 3–1 win for China. In November, Jung also won the 2008 China Open Super Series.

2008 Olympic Games

Not having participated in the two following Superseries events, supposedly because of their preparations for the Summer Olympics, Jung and Lee were disappointingly knocked out in the first round in Beijing. His partner went on to get the gold medal in mixed doubles.

2012 Olympic Games

At the London Olympics, Jung, together with Lee, won the men's doubles bronze medal. The pair who were seeded two, advanced to the knock-out stage after placing first, won three matches in group D stage. They lost the match in the semi-final match against Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark, and in the bronze medal match, they beat the Malaysian pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong in straight games. That was Jung's final tournament.

Death

On 9 March 2018, Jung died of a heart attack at the age of 35.[5][6]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, England Lee Yong-dae Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
23–21, 21–10 Bronze

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Lee Yong-dae Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
19–21, 19–21 Silver
2009 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
18–21, 21–16, 26–28 Silver
2011 Wembley Arena, London, England Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
18–21, 14–21 Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar Lee Yong-dae Luluk Hadiyanto
Alvent Yulianto
25–23, 18–21, 19–21 Bronze
2010 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Lee Yong-dae Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
15–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Lee Jae-jin Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
11–15, 7–15 Silver
2008 Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Lee Yong-dae Nova Widianto
Candra Wijaya
21–16, 21–18 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan Lee Jae-jin Sang Yang
Zheng Bo
16–17, 15–11, 12–15 Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,[8] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin
21–16, 21–15 Winner
2008 All England Open Lee Yong-dae Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin
20–22, 21–19, 21–18 Winner
2008 Swiss Open Lee Yong-dae Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
17–21, 21–16, 21–13 Winner
2008 China Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
17–21, 21–17, 21–13 Winner
2008 Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
25–23, 19–21, 22–20 Winner
2008 World Superseries Masters Finals Lee Yong-dae Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2009 Malaysia Open Lee Yong-dae Hendra Aprida Gunawan
Alvent Yulianto
18–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2009 Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
12–21, 22–24 Runner-up
2009 Indonesia Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
21–15, 21–18 Winner
2009 Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen
13–21, 21–15, 21–8 Winner
2009 China Open Lee Yong-dae Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
21–13, 19–21, 21–18 Winner
2009 World Superseries Masters Finals Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
21–15, 21–15 Winner
2010 Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
21–11, 14–21, 21–18 Winner
2010 China Open Lee Yong-dae Chai Biao
Zhang Nan
21–15, 21–12 Winner
2010 World Superseries Finals Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2011 Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
21–6, 21–13 Winner
2011 China Masters Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
21–17, 21–10 Winner
2011 Denmark Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
21–16, 21–17 Winner
2011 French Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
14–21, 21–15, 21–11 Winner
2011 Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
21–14, 22–24, 19–21 Runner-up
2012 Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
21–18, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2012 All England Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
21–23, 21–9, 21–14 Winner
2012 Indonesia Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
23–21, 19–21, 21–11 Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Thailand Open Lee Jae-jin Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen
15–11, 15–5 Winner
2006 German Open Lee Yong-dae Robert Blair
Anthony Clark
15–11, 15–6 Winner
2006 Chinese Taipei Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2006 Thailand Open Lee Yong-dae Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin
Walkover Winner
2007 German Open Lee Yong-dae Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin
18–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2007 Thailand Open Lee Yong-dae Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin
19–21, 21–19, 9–21 Runner-up
2008 German Open Lee Yong-dae Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin
13–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2010 Chinese Taipei Open Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo
Kwon Yi-goo
21–10, 21–16 Winner
2010 Korea Grand Prix Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong
18–21, 21–18, 27–27 Winner
2011 German Open Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang
21–19, 18–21, 21–11 Winner
2011 Swiss Open Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong
17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2011 Thailand Open Lee Yong-dae Hendra Aprida Gunawan
Alvent Yulianto
24–22, 21–14 Winner
2011 Chinese Taipei Open Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong
21–23, 17–21 Runner-up
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong
15–21, 22–24 Runner-up
2012 German Open Lee Yong-dae Hong Wei
Shen Ye
19–21, 21–18, 19–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Vietnam Satellite Hwang Ji-man Rian Sukmawan
Yoga Ukikasah
15–17, 7–15 Runner-up
2008 Korea International Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo
Yoo Yeon-seong
21–16, 26–24 Winner
2009 Korea International Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong
21–19, 15–21, 21–15 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  2. "中国囊括亚洲青年羽毛球锦标赛七项冠军" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. "2003 눈높이 한국배드민턴최강전 (2004년)" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. "Korean Nationals 2006 – A Few New Faces but Even Fewer Surprises". Badzine.net. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. "Indian badminton fraternity mourns death of former World No 1 Jung Jaesung - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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