Kim Gi-jung

Kim Gi-jung or Kim Ki-jung (Korean: 김기정; RR: Kim Gi-jeong; Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɡi.dʑʌŋ] or [kim] [ki.dʑʌŋ]; born 14 August 1990) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event.[2]

Kim Gi-jung
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990
Dangjin, South Chungcheong, South Korea
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (MD with Kim Sa-rang 22 September 2016)
19 (XD with Shin Seung-chan 26 January 2017)
Current ranking31 (MD with Lee Yong-dae 17 March 2020)
BWF profile

Career

In 2008, he won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Eom Hye-Won.[3] In 2009, he competed at the Hong Kong East Asian Games and won a silver medal in the men's team event and a bronze medal in the men's doubles event partnered with Kwon Yi-goo.[4] In 2011, he won the Turkey International tournament in the men's doubles event with Kim Sa-rang.[5]

In 2012, he and Kim Sa-rang won their first Superseries title at the Japan Open tournament. In the final round they beat the Malaysian pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong.[6] At the 2012 Badminton Asia Championships in Qingdao, China, they won a gold medal after defeat Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in the final round.[7] In September 2012, they also won men's doubles title at the Indonesian Masters tournament.[8]

In 2013, he became the champion at the Chinese Taipei and South Korea Grand Prix Gold tournament. At the Chinese Taipei, he and Kim Sa-rang beat the host partner Lee Sheng-mu and Tsai Chia-hsin in the straight set. At the Korea, they won the title after beat their compatriots Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 2-1.[9][10] He also won a silver medal at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei.[11] At the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, he and his partner were seeded fifth in that tournament. They beat the second seeded of Malaysia in the quarterfinal round, and in the semifinal round they were defeated by Boe and Mogensen in three sets, and settle for the bronze medal.[12] At the end of the 2013 BWF Season, he qualified to compete at the Super Series Masters Finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finally, he became the runner-up in the men's doubles event after defeated by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.[13]

In 2014, he and Lee Yong-dae have been handed one year suspensions for missing doping tests under the BWF Anti-Doping Regulations. He and Lee were required to provide whereabouts information for the BWF to conduct out-of-competition testing. In 2013, both athletes accumulated three whereabouts failures in connection with this administrative process.[14] The Korea Badminton Association imposed $41,170 penalty for administrative failures. The panels that manage the doping tests reconsidered the case and decided to lift the punishment. The information and evidence presented at the January hearing was insufficient and ambiguous and there was no proof beyond reasonable doubt that the players were not at fault. In April 2014, after reviewing its original decision, the BWF panel wiped out the players missed tests and filing failures and expunged their records.[15][16]

In 2015, he and Kim Sa-rang won the Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament in the men's doubles event. In the final round they beat Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 16-21, 21-18, 21-19.[17] They also won the China Open Super Series Premier tournament, after beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei in the straight games.[18] In 2016, they also won the Superseries Premier tournament in Malaysia. He and Kim Sa-rang beat the third seeded from China in the quarterfinal round, and the world No.1 pair, Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong in the semifinal. In the final round they beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei with the score 21-19, 21-15.[19] He and Kim Sa-rang competed at the Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event. They lost in the quarterfinal round, defeated by Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China with the score 21-11, 18-21 and 22-24.[20]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tianhe Sports Center,
Guangzhou, China
Kim Sa-rang Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
23–21, 18–21, 18–21 Bronze
2014 Ballerup Super Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
Walkover Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea
Kim Sa-rang Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
21–19, 16–21, 18–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China
Kim Sa-rang Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa
21–12, 21–16 Gold
2013 Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun
Lee Yong-dae
13–21, 20–22 Silver
2015 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Kim Sa-rang Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong
18–21, 9–21 Bronze

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tennis Academy,
Kazan, Russia
Hong Ji-hoon Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov
21–17, 11–21, 15–21 Bronze
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea
Kim Sa-rang Wang Yilu
Zhang Wen
21–16, 22–20 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tennis Academy,
Kazan, Russia
Kim So-yeong Liu Cheng
Tian Qing
22–20, 21–14 Gold
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea
Shin Seung-chan Lu Ching-yao
Chiang Kai-hsin
21–14, 21–11 Gold

East Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong Kwon Yi-goo Hu Chung-hsien
Tsai Chia-hsin
13–21, 23–21, 10–21 Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Samsan World Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea
Lee Jung-hwan Li Tian
Liu Xiaolong
20–22, 21–19, 19–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Badminton Hall,
Pune, India
Eom Hye-won Chai Biao
Xie Jing
13–21, 19–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Choi Young-woo Mak Hee Chun
Teo Kok Siang
13–21, 18–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Eom Hye-won Zhang Nan
Lu Lu
21–14, 15–21, 22–24 Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[21] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[22]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Lee Yong-dae Bodin Isara
Maneepong Jongjit
21–13, 21–17 Winner
2018 Macau Open Super 300 Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
17–21, 21–13, 21–19 Winner
2020 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Lee Yong-dae Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
21–14, 21–16 Winner

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[23] 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,[24] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Japan Open Kim Sa-rang Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
21–16, 21–19 Winner
2013 Hong Kong Open Kim Sa-rang Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong
21–12, 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2013 World Superseries Finals Kim Sa-rang Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2015 Korea Open Kim Sa-rang Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong
16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015 China Open Kim Sa-rang Chai Biao
Hong Wei
21–13, 21–19 Winner
2016 Malaysia Open Kim Sa-rang Chai Biao
Hong Wei
21–19, 21–15 Winner
2016 Japan Open Ko Sung-hyun Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
12–21, 12–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

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.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 German Open Kim Sa-rang Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
19–21, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up
2012 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Kim Sa-rang Angga Pratama
Ryan Agung Saputra
21–13, 21–9 Winner
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun
Lee Yong-dae
12–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2013 Chinese Taipei Open Kim Sa-rang Lee Sheng-mu
Tsai Chia-hsin
21–11, 21–11 Winner
2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
21–15, 18–21, 25–23 Winner
2015 Korea Masters Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
16–21, 21–18, 21–19 Winner
2016 Thailand Masters Kim Sa-rang Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
21–12, 15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016 China Masters Kim Sa-rang Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong
17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2017 Korea Masters Jung Jae-wook Kim Won-ho
Seo Seung-jae
15–21, 16–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold Jung Kyung-eun Yoo Yeon-seong
Jang Ye-na
17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Mongolian Satellite Lee Jung-hwan Jeon Jun-bum
Yoo Yeon-seong
14–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2010 Vietnam International Shin Baek-choel Goh Wei Shem
Teo Kok Siang
23–21, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2011 Turkey International Kim Sa-rang Cho Gun-woo
Shin Baek-choel
21–17, 16–21, 21–15 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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