Lee So-hee

Lee So-hee (Hangul: 이소희; Korean pronunciation: [i.so.ɦi]; born 14 June 1994) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament.[2] She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup.[3] She reached a career high of world no. 2 in the women's doubles in November 2017 partnered with Chang Ye-na.[4] For her achievements in 2017, Lee who affiliated with the Incheon International Airport team, was awarded as the best player of the year by the Badminton Korea Association.[5]

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee So-hee
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1994-06-14) 14 June 1994
Ulsan, South Korea
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (WD 9 November 2017)
35 (XD 30 June 2016)
Current ranking4 (WD 17 March 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
2014 Copenhagen Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Uber Cup
2016 Kunshan Women's team
Asian Championships
2016 Wuhan Women's doubles
2017 Wuhan Women's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Women's team
2016 Hyderabad Women's team
2018 Alor Setar Women's team
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan Mixed team
2015 Gwangju Women's doubles
2015 Gwangju Mixed team
2013 Kazan Women's doubles
World Junior Championships
2011 Taipei Girls' doubles
2012 Chiba Girls' doubles
2010 Guadalajara Mixed team
2011 Taipei Mixed team
2010 Guadalajara Girls' doubles
2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Gimcheon Girls' doubles
2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
BWF profile
Lee So-hee
Hangul
이소희
Hanja
李紹希
Revised RomanizationI So-hui
McCune–ReischauerI Sohŭi

As a junior player, Lee was a gold medalists at the 2012 Asian, 2011 and 2012 World Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event.[6] She represented Konkuk University competed at the Summer Universiade, helps the Korean team clinched the gold medal in the team event in 2013 and 2015, also won the gold in the women's doubles partnered with Shin Seung-chan in 2015.[7]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Shin Seung-chan Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		 13–21, 10–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Chang Ye-na Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 16–21, 19–21 Bronze
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Chang Ye-na Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 14–21, 10–21 Bronze

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tennis Academy,
Kazan, Russia		 Shin Seung-chan Luo Yu
Tian Qing		 12–21, 17–21 Bronze
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea		 Shin Seung-chan Ou Dongni
Yu Xiaohan (disqualified)		 21–16, 21–13 Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco,
Guadalajara, Mexico		 Choi Hye-in Tang Jinhua
Xia Huan		 22–20, 13–21, 15–21 Bronze
2011 Taoyuan Arena,
Taoyuan City, Taipei, Chinese Taipei		 Shin Seung-chan Shella Devi Aulia
Anggia Shitta Awanda		 21–16, 13–21, 21–9 Gold
2012 Chiba Port Arena,
Chiba, Japan		 Shin Seung-chan Huang Yaqiong
Yu Xiaohan		 21–14, 18–21, 21–18 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea		 Shin Seung-chan Huang Yaqiong
Yu Xiaohan		 17–21, 21–15, 21–17 Gold

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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.[9]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Shin Seung-chan Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		 23–21, 21–18 Winner
2018 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Shin Seung-chan Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota		 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2018 Korea Masters Super 300 Shin Seung-chan Chang Ye-na
Jung Kyung-eun		 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2018 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Shin Seung-chan Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 12–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Shin Seung-chan Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong		 21–13, 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019 French Open Super 750 Shin Seung-chan Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong		 16–21, 21–19, 21–12 Winner
2019 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Shin Seung-chan Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota		 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 Shin Seung-chan Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong		 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Shin Seung-chan Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong		 15–21, 26–24, 21–19 Winner

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[10] 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,[11] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Korea Open Chang Ye-na Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii		 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2016 French Open Chang Ye-na Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2016 China Open Chang Ye-na Huang Dongping
Li Yinhui		 13–21, 21–14, 21–17 Winner
2017 All England Open Chang Ye-na Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 21–18, 21–13 Winner
2017 Indonesia Open Chang Ye-na Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 19–21, 21–15, 10–21 Runner-up
2017 Korea Open Chang Ye-na Huang Yaqiong
Yu Xiaohan		 11–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2017 Denmark Open Shin Seung-chan Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto		 21–13, 21–16 Winner
2017 French Open Shin Seung-chan Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu		 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2017 China Open Kim Hye-rin Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 7–21, 21–18, 14–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 6 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.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold Shin Seung-chan Eom Hye-won
Jang Ye-na		 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2013 Swiss Open Shin Seung-chan Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na		 21–23, 16–21 Runner-up
2013 Chinese Taipei Open Shin Seung-chan Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na		 Walkover Runner-up
2014 Canada Open Choi Hye-in Park So-young
Park Sun-young		 21–15, 21–18 Winner
2014 Korea Grand Prix Shin Seung-chan Chang Ye-na
Yoo Hae-won		 15–8 Retired Winner
2015 Thailand Open Chang Ye-na Huang Dongping
Li Yinhui		 22–20, 11–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2015 Korea Masters Chang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun
Shin Seung-chan		 21–7, 16–21, 21–19 Winner
2015 U.S. Grand Prix Chang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun
Shin Seung-chan		 22–24, 21–18, 12–21 Runner-up
2016 New Zealand Open Chang Ye-na Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota		 13–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2017 U.S. Open Shin Seung-chan Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		 21–16, 21–13 Winner
2017 Korea Masters Shin Seung-chan Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong		 21–18, 23–21 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Iceland International Shin Seung-chan Ko A-ra
Yoo Hae-won		 21–18, 21–16 Winner
2012 India International Shin Seung-chan Aparna Balan
N. Siki Reddy		 19–21, 21–13, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Turkey International Kim Sa-rang Cho Gun-woo
Yoo Hyun-young		 25–23, 9–21, 19–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
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  4. "Lee So Hee ranking history". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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