Lee Yun-hwa

Lee Yun-hwa (Korean: 이연화; born 14 November 1985) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] Born in Wonju, Gangwon province, Lee started playing badminton at aged nine.[2] She educated at the Bukwon girls' middle school, after that in Yubong girls' high school.[3] Lee joined the national team when she was 15 and trained at the Taeneung national training center.[2] In the junior event, she competed at the Asian Junior Championships, winning a gold medal in the girls' team event in 2001, girls team silver and girls' doubles bronze medal in 2002.[4][5] She also part of the national junior team that won the silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships.[6] She made a debut at the Uber Cup in 2004, and captured the attention by her outstanding performance winning the singles and doubles event in the semi finals against Denmark.[2] In the Sudirman Cup, she helped the team reaching in to the semi finals round in 2005 and 2007, clinched the bronze medal for the team.[7][8] Lee who was affiliated with the Daekyo Noonoppi, helped the Korean team won the world women's team championships at the 2010 Uber Cup.[3]

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Yun-hwa
Personal information
Country South Korea
Born (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985
Wonju, Gangwon, South Korea
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's singles & doubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Sudirman Cup
2007 Glasgow Mixed team
2005 Beijing Mixed team
Uber Cup
2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
2004 Jakarta Women's team
2008 Jakarta Women's team
Asian Games
2006 Doha Women's team
World Junior Championships
2002 Pretoria Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2001 Taipei Girls' team
2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' team
2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		 Yim Ah-young Soratja Chansrisukot
Salakjit Ponsana		 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007 U.S. Open Jun Jae-youn 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2009 Korea International Bae Yeon-ju 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2007 Korea International Jang Soo-young 23–21, 21–15 Winner
2007 Canadian International Jun Jae-youn 23–21, 16–21, 21–14 Winner
2005 Canadian International Kim Young-mi 11–5, 11–7 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Lee Yun Hwa". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. "Lee Yun-hwa works a miracle for Korean squad". Badminton Central. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. "한국 사상 첫 우버컵 우승!! 한국 여자 배드민턴대표팀" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. "2001 아시아주니어배드민턴선수권대회 (2001년)" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. "2002 아시아주니어배드민턴선수권대회 (2002년)" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. "세계주니어배드민턴선수권대회 (2002년)" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  7. "China face Indonesia in Beijing". BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  8. "BWF Sudirman Cup". websites.sportstg.com. SportsTG. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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